How to Use Google Lighthouse Tool

Google offers a variety of free, open-source tools. One of which is the Google Lighthouse tool used to test the overall quality of your website.

This article will cover:

1. What is Google Lighthouse?
2. Why is Google Lighthouse important?
3. What is a good lighthouse score?
4. What is a bad lighthouse score?
5. How do you use Google Lighthouse?
6. Key takeaways

What is Google Lighthouse?

Google Lighthouse Tool is an open-source tool used to audit the performance, accessibility, best practices, and search engine optimization (SEO) of web pages.

The automated site monitoring tool was developed to help web developers comply with the best practices and standards created by Google.

When generating the report, the tool acts like a mobile or desktop user to generate a set of scores ranging from 0–100 for each category.

What is a bad Lighthouse score?