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I'm not sure this is accurate, but fascinated w/allegations that WordPress Core code is conflicting w/Google's expectations around Core Web Vitals. I don't know Gutenberg well enough to know if it is the/a cause but seems like there are obv ways around it. whatsnewinpublishing.com/googles-massive-algo-update-in-2-months-publishers-concerned-about-wordpress-gutenberg-bloat/Permalink On twitter.com
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This may put me in the minority, but I'm increasingly uninterested in WordPress providing the front-end as well as the back-end, a situation that would negate many of these concerns. BUT, the other half of the problem is that Google's expectations, which not so straightforward...Permalink On twitter.com
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Some (not all, but some) of the CWVs are arbitrary measures that don't really benchmark user experiences so much as an idea of optimization. Concern with things like long running scripts and concurrent network requests are legit, but are they always the cause of bad UX?On twitter.com
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The thing is... of course... a war between expectations and requirements. Are all the CWVs .... vital to a good user experience? *Some are!* All? Mby not. But shifting sites to build to Google's requirements, regardless of the sites' interests, is hardly a new concept...Permalink On twitter.com
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I wish that CWVs were a little more sensitive to the things that publishers can easily control vs the ones they can't. In many ways strong metrics requirements that are not always strongly correlated to UX mean that, even sans-AMP, Google is pushing the direction of web dev.Permalink On twitter.com
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But then again... that's hardly new, and most predates AMP. Google has always had a heavy hand in dictating the direction of web development via the pressure of SERPs.Permalink On twitter.com
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*most examples predate AMPPermalink On twitter.com
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CWVs are interesting. They are highly technical. They are also unmistakably pushing the web towards a very specific type of web development and output that is a meaningful shift from the conventions of the present.Permalink On twitter.com
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Is it the best future? I dunno. Should Google be capable of shoving the entire internet toward that future? I don't think so. Is it going to do so anyway? Yuuuuuuup.Permalink On twitter.com
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