Hi all,
Can anyone recommend a crawler for tracking core web vital stats by URL?
I'm trying to democratize performance monitoring to the FED team, who need to monitor existing page template performance and check new page launches.
And also on a tight budget, so that tool needs to be strong across the board - hygiene & bug monitoring etc.
Thanks!
I use SpeedVitals..
Thank you all, much appreciated 😍
Hi Tom, for lab data I can also recommend the Screamingfrog in combination with the Google PageSpeed API.
I'm also a big fan of https://gtmetrix.com/ - it's inexpensive and offers a wide range of setting options. You can monitor a certain number of URLs automatically or run manual tests at regular intervals and compare the results with previous tests. It's one of the best tools on the market for lab data.
It is often not necessary to monitor all URLs but only a few per page type (start page, article, product or category page).
For data from real users, I can recommend the Web Vitals Library from the Chrome Dev Team. The JS library allows you to capture the Web Vitals values of your users and send them to any endpoint, e.g. Google Analytics.
Compared to the Chrome User Experience Report, you get significantly more data, which can be particularly advantageous for websites with fewer users/page views.
This article contains step-by-step instructions on how to integrate the JS Library using Google Tag Manager and send your users' Web Vitals data to Google Analytics. The instructions are unfortunately still for GA3.
Alternatively, you can also ask a developer if they can integrate and configure the JS library for you.
Best,
Jannik
How about SF with the PSI API? You'll need to export data to Google sheets to create a nice monitoring interface.
There's a guide by Rick Viscomi on how to monitor CWV in Google Sheets without using anything external - https://dev.to/chromiumdev/a-step-by-step-guide-to-monitoring-the-competition-with-the-chrome-ux-report-4k1o
Hi Tom! Have you checked Wattspeed and Speetals? They both allow you to monitor your CWV at a recurrent basis. They also offer a free option so you can try them out :)