The 3-Second Rule of Web Performance — And How to Beat It
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Summary
Google's 2016 research shows 53% of mobile users abandon sites loading over 3 seconds, and a 0.1-second improvement can boost retail conversions by 8.4%. Core Web Vitals—LCP (largest contentful paint), INP (interaction to next paint), and CLS (cumulative layout shift)—provide measurable, browser-diagnosed performance targets. Chrome DevTools' Performance panel offers live metrics and recording to identify what's slow and which vital is affected, covering 90% of performance engineering.