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  • samarth_saas

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    January 13, 2026 at 6:08 pm

    Pagespeed scores get used wrong very often.

    100 score is lab result, not real user result.
    SEO impact comes from real users. CWV, TTFB, INP, LCP under load.

    Many solid sites sit at 60–80 yet rank fine because content, intent match, crawl health, and links carry more weight.

    Low scores below 50 still signal weak basics, agreed.
    But chasing perfect Lighthouse numbers can waste time and even hurt UX.