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Release date: August 17, 2020

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Over the past few months, Google has been rolling out Chrome developer tools to reduce page load times, enable secure browsing, and build a native app-like experience. Now, the company is rolling out a feature that will highlight high-quality user experiences on the web. Starting with the beta version of Chrome 85 for Android, Google will include links to “quick pages” in the context menu. When a page is labeled fast, it means that users navigating to that page have a history of “particularly good experiences.”

When it tags, Google says it aggregates historical data from similarly-structured urls across a site. This historical data is evaluated on a host-based basis when the data collected about the URL is insufficient to assess speed or is not yet available, such as when the URL is new or unpopular.

The new feature is part of Google’s Web Vitals initiative, which “measures various dimensions of Web usability, such as load time, response time, and content load stability, and defines thresholds for these metrics to set a standard for providing a good user experience.” According to Google, websites will see improved usability and increased engagement when developers make changes that make pages load faster.

While Google plans to “maintain consistency with core Web vital signs as they evolve,” the company said developers should expect “a stable definition and threshold for core Web vital signs” and recognize the investment needed to optimize for the program. To that end, the company has updated developer tools such as Lighthouse, DevTools, PageSpeed Insights, and Search Console to surface information and advice.

As of now, quick page tagging is available in Chrome 85 beta, but you can manually enable it by going to “Chrome :// Flags” and enabling “Context menu Performance info and Remote Prompt Fetch”. Once the feature is available, users will see tabs when they are in Lite mode or when they turn on the “Make Search and browse better” option.

In addition to quickly tagging web pages, Google said earlier this year that it would start ranking sites based on their “page experience” as soon as next year. If the search giant thinks people don’t like using a site, it won’t rank as high in search results.

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