What happens when your carefully optimized website suddenly starts showing poor Core Web Vitals (CWV) scores, even though real users don\u2019t seem to notice?<\/p>\n
Google experts say these attacks have little impact on rankings if real users aren\u2019t affected\u2014here\u2019s why<\/p>\n
Recently, a post on Bluesky raised alarms about a novel type of negative SEO attack, dubbed \u201cCore Web Vitals poisoning.\u201d<\/p>\n
The discussion caught the attention of Google\u2019s John Mueller and Chrome Web Performance<\/a> Developer Advocate Barry Pollard, giving the SEO community a rare peek into how unusual performance issues are investigated.<\/p>\n Here is what we learned and why it might or might not affect your search rankings.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n