Since the Update in May the cumulative layout shift caused by the newspaper theme is a serious problem because all my sites for desktop and mobile are marked as poor in the Google Search Console. I get different informations what is causing the cumulative layout shift when the elements are showing up in the viewport:
– missing container for the header-logo-image (desktop)
– div#td-top-mobile-toggle>i.td-icon-font>::before (mobile)
– <p style=”text-align: justify;”> (div.td-container>article#post-35>div.td-post-content>p (mobile)
– all font-awesome icons (flash because of unstyled content) (mobile, desktop)
and so on. The cumulative layout shift is part of the web core vitals introduced by Google with the last update. If a site fails the web vitals its very critical for the ranking in the google search. I don’t know what I should do anymore – it’s not possible to decrease the cumulative layout shift because the main issues are to find in the layout itself. Maybe you can offer some help.
Greetings Kathrin
Hi,
This is a new thing for us too, our developers were inform about this and they will take the necessary measures.
What you can do is to try the suggestions from this article -> https://web.dev/optimize-lcp/
Thank you!
Hi,
I am also interested in a solution here. The core web vitals of my website in GSC looks pretty bad. I already changed some settings (tracking, fonts) to increase the overall pagespeed rating again – but still, the CLS is a pain right now.
Best, N
Hi julingn, for the moment the only solution that we can provide are these articles:
-> https://web.dev/optimize-lcp/
-> https://web.dev/optimize-cls/
Once that our developers will find a way to fix this problem, it will be communicate.
Thank you for your understanding!
So, the problems are really serious. My rankings collapsed because of bad LCP, lost 80% of my traffic, struggling to resolve, already moved to premium webhoster at premium cost, no solution. I don´t understand this is not a bigger issue with all your clients…
I lost confidence in this template, maybe should change to something simular from your portfolio.? Do you have something equal, as powerful, but without this LCP issue ? Can we resolve this ?
Hi,
the LCP are part of the core web vitals which are not a ranking factor yet. Google wrote in May2020 “Today, we’re building on this work and providing an early look at an upcoming Search ranking change that incorporates these page experience metrics. The ranking changes described in this post will not happen before next year, and we will provide at least six months notice before they’re rolled out.” See: https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2020/05/evaluating-page-experience.html
Besides a drop of 80% can hardly be caused by one single ux factor. Maybe share your domain so somebody can have a look at the issue.
regards, N
Well, for sure its already a ranking factor as I can see my traffic dropping since I have the messages in Google Search Console, I will share my domain with the developers, and I am hoping for a fast solution.
Hi admin2020,
For the moment there is no elements in our theme that can improve the CLS or LCP, our developers are informed about this new type of ranking by Google and is on there list to find a way to improve the results for CLS and LCP.
For the moment some solutions can be found in these topic from here:
-> https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/container-for-the-header-image/
-> https://forum.tagdiv.com/topic/how-to-remove-cumulative-layout-shift-in-connection-with-ads/
Hope this will help you!
Thank you for your understanding!
Hi, thanks for the tips so far. Seem to work for me. In the Google Search Console all URLs of my domain are now displayed as good (= green), before they were mostly red, some of them yellow. So I am back to normal – more or less.
Regards, Norman
Hi,
I’m glad that the above information was helpful!
Thank you!
