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Core Web Vitals are used by Google’s ranking systems.
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- Understanding Google Page Experience
Google Search Central documentation · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-22
“Core Web Vitals are used by our ranking systems” — FAQ: What aspects of page experience are used in ranking?
- Understanding Core Web Vitals and Google search results
Google Search Central · primary source · retrieved 2026-08-22
“This, along with other page experience aspects, aligns with what our core ranking systems seek to reward.” — line 128
- Google updates its page experience docs to clarify ranking signals
Search Engine Land · retrieved 2026-08-22
“Core Web Vitals are a ranking signal” — Article body quoting the updated documentation
- Google Clarifies Page Experience & Core Web Vitals Document
Search Engine Roundtable · retrieved 2026-08-22
“core web vitals are used in a limited way” — Article summary of the documentation change
Related claims
- REPEATSGoogle presented Core Web Vitals as part of a new page-experience signal alongside existing user-experience criteria.Under evaluation
- REPEATSCore Web Vitals were asserted to be used in Google ranking while other page-experience aspects were not directly used for ranking.Under evaluation
- NARROWSCore Web Vitals were asserted to be a Google ranking factor but not a significant one.Under evaluation
Release: seo-geo-product-v0.3 · Phase Two freeze: P2-CORE300-FINAL-v1.0 · Generated: 2026-08-23T08:01:40Z