is google lighthouse accurate?

1 January 2024

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Yes, google lighthouse generate a accurate  report  way to find common accessibility issues.  it is a auditing tool for website audit. 

I have been working since 10 years to check by using google lighthouse if my website matches all the standards.

What is Google Lighthouse?

Summary: Google lighthouse is developed by google. it is a free and open source tool. it is used for testing performance, accessibility, best practices, SEO and progressive web app of a web page.

It is a powerful tool that provides detailed insights into the performance of a web page and helps identify issues that might be impacting its performance. In this answer, we will discuss how to use Google Lighthouse and its features.

How google lighthouse works?

1. First let check for desktop chrome browser installed in your system. installed or not.
2. If not then first of all download chrome browser and installed.
3. And then open the website in chrome browser.
4. Then open the inspect element or open the dev tools.
5. Then click the lighthouse tab.
6. And then select checkbox whose want to test As you see in bottom image we have tested only accessibility for desktop.
7. And then click to Analyze page load button
8. After that you can see Accessibility Score 92%

 

FAQ:

1) Is Lighthouse trustworthy?

Ans: No, we can say it is not very reliable performance debugging tool.

2) What is a good Google Lighthouse score?

Ans: If your web page score is between 90 to 100 then we say lighthouse score is better.

3) Is Lighthouse SEO accurate?

Ans: No, lighthouse not impact related to SEO.

4) What is the Lighthouse score in Google Analytics?

Ans: Google lighthouse test the web page and given the score between 0 to 100

5) What is the alternative to Lighthouse in Chrome?

Ans: Right now lighthouse alternative in chrome listed below:

• SE Ranking.
• Google Analytics 360.
• TWIPLA.
• Semrush.
• Screpy.

 

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