Benchmark your Core Web Vitals against a competitor's
Run GenieSeo's compare_pagespeed_insights tool against your page and a competitor's — Core Web Vitals side by side, no manual PageSpeed Insights runs.
The prompt
Copy this and paste it into Claude, Cursor, or any AI client connected to your GenieSeo MCP URL.
Using GenieSeo's compare_pagespeed_insights MCP tool, benchmark my page against a competitor's on mobile:
My page: [PASTE YOUR URL]
Competitor page: [PASTE COMPETITOR URL]
1. Show category scores and Core Web Vitals (Largest Contentful Paint, Cumulative Layout Shift, Total Blocking Time, First Contentful Paint) for both URLs, lab data and field data where Google reports it.
2. Rank the metrics where my page is behind, worst gap first.
3. Recommend the single highest-leverage fix to close the biggest gap — be specific (e.g. "defer this render-blocking resource type", not "improve performance").
Format as a comparison table, then the ranked gap list, then the recommendation.When to use it
Before a redesign pitch, during a technical-SEO audit, or whenever 'why does their site feel faster' comes up. Page experience is a ranking input; knowing exactly where you lose ground focuses the fix.
What you get back
- Performance category score and Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, TBT, FCP) for each URL, lab and field data where available.
- A ranked list of which metrics you're behind on, by how much.
- The single highest-leverage fix to close the biggest gap.
How this runs
GenieSeo doesn't execute prompts — your AI client does. Make sure your MCP URL is connected to Claude, Cursor, Codex, or Antigravity. New here? Read the 60-second setup guide.
Tags
- core-web-vitals
- pagespeed
- competitor-benchmark
- technical-seo
Frequently asked questions
What does the "Benchmark your Core Web Vitals against a competitor's" recipe return?+
Performance category score and Core Web Vitals (LCP, CLS, TBT, FCP) for each URL, lab and field data where available. A ranked list of which metrics you're behind on, by how much. The single highest-leverage fix to close the biggest gap. Paste the prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client connected to your GenieSeo URL — your AI calls the underlying Search Console tools automatically.
Does this recipe change my Google data?+
No. This recipe only uses read-only Search Console and GA4 scopes. It will not submit sitemaps or modify properties unless you use a separate write-enabled recipe.