Cos'è CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)?
Definizione Rapida
CLS misura la quantità totale di spostamenti di layout imprevisti che si verificano durante l'intero ciclo di vita di una pagina, quantificando quanto si sposta il contenuto visibile.
Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) is a Core Web Vital that measures visual stability. It quantifies how much the content on a page moves around unexpectedly as it loads. A layout shift occurs when a visible element changes its position from one rendered frame to the next without user interaction.
A good CLS score is under 0.1. Between 0.1 and 0.25 needs improvement, and above 0.25 is poor. The score is calculated by multiplying the impact fraction (how much of the viewport was affected) by the distance fraction (how far elements moved).
Common causes of layout shift include images and videos without dimensions (the browser doesn't know how much space to reserve until they load), ads or embeds that load dynamically and push content down, web fonts that cause text to resize when they load (Flash of Unstyled Text), and content that's dynamically injected above existing content.
Fixing CLS typically involves always including width and height attributes on images and videos, reserving space for ads and dynamic content, using font-display: swap or optional for web fonts with preloading, and avoiding inserting content above existing content. CSS properties like aspect-ratio and min-height can also help reserve space.
Perché è Importante
Layout shifts are one of the most frustrating user experiences on the web. You're about to click a link, and suddenly the content jumps because an ad loaded. You're reading an article, and the text shifts because an image rendered. These unexpected movements cause misclicks, lost reading position, and user frustration.
As a Core Web Vital, CLS affects your Google rankings. But beyond SEO, fixing CLS directly reduces user frustration and can prevent costly misclicks, especially on mobile where ad-related layout shifts might cause accidental ad clicks.
Esempi Pratici
A news website reduced their CLS from 0.42 to 0.05 by reserving space for ad slots and adding dimensions to all images, resulting in 30% longer average reading sessions
An e-commerce product page had a CLS of 0.35 because customer review stars loaded late and pushed the "Add to Cart" button down, causing misclicks; fixing this improved the add-to-cart rate by 8%
A blog fixed their CLS issue caused by web fonts loading late by preloading the font file and using font-display: optional, eliminating text layout shifts entirely
A landing page reserved fixed dimensions for a video embed that was causing content below it to jump, bringing CLS from 0.28 to 0.02
Termini Correlati
Core Web Vitals
Le Core Web Vitals sono tre metriche specifiche definite da Google che misurano la reale esperienza degli utenti sui siti: prestazioni di caricamento (LCP), interattività (INP) e stabilità visiva (CLS).
LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)
LCP misura il tempo necessario perché il più grande elemento di contenuto visibile su una pagina — come un'immagine hero o un titolo — venga renderizzato completamente.
Lazy Loading
Il lazy loading è una tecnica che rimanda il caricamento di risorse non critiche, come le immagini sotto la piega, fino a quando non sono effettivamente necessarie.
Responsive Design
Il design responsivo è un approccio allo sviluppo web che consente ai siti di adattarsi e visualizzarsi correttamente su tutte le dimensioni dello schermo, dai monitor agli smartphone.
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