Lighthouse is an open-source, automated tool from Google that helps audit and optimize web pages. Lighthouse evaluates various aspects of a website's performance, accessibility, SEO, and best practices.
How Lighthouse can help in optimizing a website:
- Performance: Conducts performance tests and provides recommendations on how to improve page load times.
- Accessibility: Checks the website against accessibility guidelines and suggests improvements to make the site more accessible to all users.
- SEO: Analyzes the website for search engine optimization and provides tips on how to improve the site's ranking.
- Best Practices: Evaluates the site for compliance with best practices in security and performance.
- Reports: Generates detailed reports that help understand where the issues are and how to fix them.