How to Check Your Core Web Vitals in AmICited

Fast, stable pages matter for AI visibility too — answer engines favor quick-loading sources. The Web Vitals audit shows your homepage’s Core Web Vitals straight from the Chrome UX Report, side by side with your competitors.

Where to find it

Open Audit → Web Vitals from the left navigation. The page explains it: “Core Web Vitals for your domain’s homepage… page speed is a Google ranking factor and AI answer engines favor quick-loading pages.”

What the metrics mean

The competitor comparison table lists each domain with:

• Score — an overall Core Web Vitals pass/fail summary.
• LCP (Largest Contentful Paint) — how fast the main content loads.
• INP (Interaction to Next Paint) — how responsive the page feels.
• CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift) — how visually stable it is.
• FCP (First Contentful Paint) — how fast something first appears.
• TTFB (Time to First Byte) — server response speed.

Your own domain is flagged You, with your tracked competitors’ homepages beneath it.

How to use it

1. Benchmark against rivals. If competitors’ pages are faster, that’s one more edge they have in both search and AI answers.
2. Fix the reds. A failing LCP or CLS points to specific engineering work (image sizing, layout stability, server speed).
3. Re-check after changes. As field data updates, come back to confirm improvements landed.

Web Vitals won’t win citations on their own, but slow, unstable pages can hold you back — this audit tells you where you stand.