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CLS

Cumulative layout shift — visual stability metric.

Definition

Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) measures how much content jumps around during page load. Good: <0.1. Reserve space for images/ads to improve.

Related terms

Core Web Vitals

Google's user experience metrics.

LCP

Largest contentful paint — page load metric.

INP

Interaction to next paint — responsiveness metric.

TTFB

Time to first byte — server response speed.

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