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Hey friends 👋 Let's make the web fast 🚀

We've got the easiest way to track your Core Web Vitals, understand real-user performance, and boost your PageSpeed.

Here's what our customers say: "I love Request Metrics! It gives me the easy real-time monitoring I need to improve my site and ace my Core Web Vitals."

It's easy to install and free for small sites. Ready blast off?

#webperf #perfmatters #corewebvitals #realusermonitoring

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Green across the board does not mean no problems. It means no problems on average.

Edge cases hide in the aggregate. Specific devices, referral sources, page groups.

Real user data is how you find them.

#WebPerformance #RUM

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🗓️ TODAY at 5:00 UTC

Our founder @toddhgardner shares his investigation into whether webperf actually matters for SEO in 2025.

Join the free online meetup at https://t.co/Jmi6Mb0Gi6

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The new Lab Scan email is 🔥

We automatically scan your busiest pages, rollup your scores and common issues from Mobile and Desktop, and show details from your slowest pages.

Why are you still manually scanning your website?

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Ever tapped a button and nothing happened? That’s a Long Animation Frame (LoAF) messing with your smooth experience.

LoAFs are the hidden lag spikes of the web! 🔥 Learn why they suck and how to fix them:
🔗 https://t.co/oE5hILph18

#webperf #perfmatters

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Picking the wrong image format kills performance! JPG for photos, PNG for graphics, WebP/AVIF for modern compression.

Choosing wisely cuts file sizes in half!

Full breakdown: https://t.co/uBu4b07KCQ

#WebPerf #CoreWebVitals

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Vector images (SVG) scale infinitely, stay crisp at any size, and have tiny file sizes—perfect for icons, logos, and graphics. Ditch PNGs when you can!

Just don’t export a PNG as SVG—that’s cheating. 😉

Full breakdown here: 👉 https://t.co/uBu4b08iso

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@toddhgardner

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@toddhgardner All green Core Web Vitals

https://t.co/833No853ub

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@lipsumar Can you open a private chat on https://t.co/QWMCOyANMg and I’ll help debug it?

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@lipsumar Awesome! Yes, click the "this session" link in the upper right. Here's a video.