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SEO22 April 2026 · 4 min

Site speed is now a ranking factor: here is what we do

Google measures three Core Web Vitals. Most Corfu tourism sites fail at least one. We engineer them all green.

Google's Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) are now ranking factors. A slow tourism site doesn't just lose impatient visitors. It loses search position before they even see it.

What "fast" means today

  • LCP (Largest Contentful Paint): hero image visible in under 2.5 seconds.
  • INP (Interaction to Next Paint): a tap responds in under 200 ms.
  • CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift): nothing jumps once the page settles.

Most WordPress sites on shared hosting fail INP. Most sites with autoplay video fail CLS. We engineer around both.

How

  • Static site generation where possible (Next.js).
  • Image optimisation pipeline that converts to AVIF + WebP automatically.
  • Edge hosting (Vercel) so the first byte arrives quickly from Greece.
  • No render-blocking third-party scripts on initial paint.

Result: every site we ship scores 95+ on Lighthouse for the desktop and mobile audits.

Corfu Websites Team