Support page for the
PageSpeed Insights Connector
With the PageSpeed Insights Connector you can report on the performance of a website of your choice. Both on mobile and desktop devices. To use this connector you can connect with your Google Account or just with your email. Both Logins will make an account in the Data Hub app.
The connector has a template. It is an one page template where you can see the scores of the four main subjects, performance, accessibility, best practices & SEO. In the left corner you can see the Core Web Vitals of the website, with next to it a screenshot of the website.
With this Connector you can analyze your own website and the connector of your competitor. See the difference and learn from it! Ideal for your SEO dashboard.
How to connect the
PageSpeed Insights data?
Step 1.
When you’ve selected the connector in Looker Studio, you need to authorize the use of the Looker Studio Connector.
Step 2.
The next step is to authorize the PageSpeed Insights Connector.
Step 3.
Select the webpage URL you want to analyse and choose for which device you want to see the scores. Click connect.
Step 4.
When you’ve made the connection with Looker Studio you will see all the possible fields of data with a description of what they mean.
Step 5.
When you click on ‘make report’ you will connect the data to the template.
Metrics and Dimensions of the PageSpeed Insights Connector
You can use the following metrics and dimensions to Looker Studio:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Performance Score | NUMBER | Pagespeed Insights Performance Score |
| Accessibility Score | NUMBER | Pagespeed Insights Accessibility Score |
| Best practices Score | NUMBER | Pagespeed Insights Best practices Score |
| SEO Score | NUMBER | Pagespeed Insights SEO Score |
| PWA Score | NUMBER | Pagespeed Insights PWA Score |
| Opportunities | NUMBER | Pagespeed Insights Opportunities |
| First Contentful Paint | NUMBER | First Contentful Paint marks the time at which the first text or image is painted. [Learn more](https://web.dev/first-contentful-paint/). |
| First Contentful Paint score | NUMBER | First Contentful Paint score. [Learn more](https://web.dev/first-contentful-paint/). |
| First Contentful Paint display | TEXT | First Contentful Paint display value. [Learn more](https://web.dev/first-contentful-paint/). |
| Time to interactive | NUMBER | Time to interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. [Learn more](https://web.dev/interactive/). |
| Time to interactive score | NUMBER | Time to interactive score. [Learn more](https://web.dev/interactive/). |
| Time to interactive display | TEXT | Time to interactive display value. [Learn more](https://web.dev/interactive/). |
| Speed Index | NUMBER | Speed Index shows how quickly the contents of a page are visibly populated. [Learn more](https://web.dev/speed-index/). |
| Speed Index score | NUMBER | Speed Index score. [Learn more](https://web.dev/speed-index/). |
| Speed Index display | TEXT | Speed Index shows display value. [Learn more](https://web.dev/speed-index/). |
| Total Blocking Time | NUMBER | Sum of all time periods between FCP and Time to Interactive, when task length exceeded 50ms, expressed in milliseconds. [Learn more](https://web.dev/lighthouse-total-blocking-time/). |
| Total Blocking Time score | NUMBER | Total Blocking Time score. [Learn more](https://web.dev/lighthouse-total-blocking-time/). |
| Total Blocking Time display | TEXT | Sum of all time periods between FCP and Time to Interactive, display value. [Learn more](https://web.dev/lighthouse-total-blocking-time/). |
| Largest Contentful Paint | NUMBER | Largest Contentful Paint marks the time at which the largest text or image is painted. [Learn more](https://web.dev/lighthouse-largest-contentful-paint/). |
| Largest Contentful Paint score | NUMBER | Largest Contentful Paint score. [Learn more](https://web.dev/lighthouse-largest-contentful-paint/). |
| Largest Contentful Paint display | TEXT | Largest Contentful Paint display value. [Learn more](https://web.dev/lighthouse-largest-contentful-paint/). |
| Cumulative Layout Shift | NUMBER | Cumulative Layout Shift measures the movement of visible elements within the viewport. [Learn more](https://web.dev/cls/). |
| Cumulative Layout Shift score | NUMBER | Cumulative Layout Shift score. [Learn more](https://web.dev/cls/). |
| Cumulative Layout Shift display | TEXT | Cumulative Layout Shift display value. [Learn more](https://web.dev/cls/). |
| screenshot of webpage | URL | Screenshot of webpage view. |
| weburlName | TEXT | Pagespeed Insights tested url name. |
| Insights Web Report | TEXT | Pagespeed Insights Web Report. |