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Re:Is WebP really better than JPEG? by gsnedders on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @05:07PM (#23620289)
> And, of course it’s a great idea to follow Google’s advice since they include the Lighthouse score in their ranking algorithm.

AFAIK they don't? They use some of the metrics which are provided in Lighthouse (Largest Contentful Paint, First Input Delay, Cumulative Layout Shift) all play a role in ranking, but the score itself is meaningless.

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Re:Is WebP really better than JPEG? by hoten on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @01:04AM (#23624295)
You're both wrong, but you're only slightly wrong. It's been announced that those metrics will contribute to ranking in the bear future. Search for Core Web Vitals.
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Re:Is WebP really better than JPEG? by gsnedders on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @01:15AM (#23624348)
You are, of course, technically correct, which is the best type of correct.

There's been some level of performance weighting for a while (but only very slight and mobile-only), but I don't actually know what metric they were using for that (this was from ~2018, before any of those metrics landed in Blink).

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