February 13, 20215 yr Hi all I'm trying to reduce layout shift on my website - thegoldfishtank.com. I thought I had it down pretty low, but then I'm still getting a Core Web Vital warning in Google Webmaster Console. I've tried validating the fix, but Google still says there's a problem. I've installed a Chrome CLS extension and it shows a low score, with a general small shift of the whole page horizontally. Thanks for any help you can offer. I'm stumped! Adam
February 14, 20215 yr You have a lot of tracking and ad scripts that are causing delays in loading and causing the browser to have to recalculate the layout and paint to the screen. I'm not sure if they are intentional, but performance will always suffer the more third-party scripts you include. Some of your images aren't optimised, and some don't have a width and height on. Layout shift will happen when the image suddenly loads and pushes the content down.
February 14, 20215 yr Run the test here: https://web.dev/measure/ Google say your layout shift is OK. It's performance you need to fix. Get rid of all tracking and third party scripts and see what happens. The adverts seem to be the biggest culprit. And you are using a cheap GoDaddy shared server. And have made a fast theme slow because of all the extra caggage. Google scores you 28/100. You need to get this to over 80/100
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