Technical SEO
Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)
A Core Web Vital measuring how long it takes for the largest element on a page to render.
CurrentLast updated: 2026-09-16
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Technical SEOLargest Contentful Paint (LCP) measures the time it takes for the largest content element (typically an image, video, or text block) to become visible on the screen. A good LCP is 2.5 seconds or less. LCP is part of Google's Core Web Vitals.
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