FCP

First Contentful Paint

FCP is the acronym for First Contentful Paint.

A performance metric used in web development that measures the time from when the page starts loading to when any part of the page’s content is rendered on the screen.

Content, in this case, refers to any text, image (including background images), non-white canvas, or SVG elements. The paint refers to rendering or displaying pixels on the screen.

A faster FCP time means that a website visitor starts seeing content sooner. This reduces the perceived loading time and can make a website feel snappier and more responsive to the end user. This is an important aspect of user experience, and improving FCP can help reduce bounce rates and improve overall user engagement.

Google suggests aiming for an FCP of less than 1 second for a good user experience, but the faster, the better.

Abbreviation: FCP

It all started as a book club.

Yes, I’m serious. I started my work on the web more than two decades ago. My first site was Helping Hand, which curated the best sites from around the web to help people with their computers and navigate resources on the Internet. Years later, I sold the domain to a company that helped folks quit smoking, one of my first big contracts.

I began blogging on Blogger and waxed poetic about everything from politics to Internet tools. I was all over the place and mostly wrote for myself – without much of an audience. I belonged to a Marketing Book club in Indianapolis that quickly grew out of control. Over time, I discovered that more and more of the group were coming to me for technology advice. The combination of my technology background and my business and marketing acumen was in high demand as the Internet rapidly changed the industry.

After reading Naked Conversations, I was motivated to better brand and control the content on the site. I also wanted more control over the look and feel of my blog, so I moved to my domain in 2006 and built my first WordPress site. Since I was focused on marketing technology, I didn’t want the domain with my name to get in the way, so I moved the site (painfully) to its new domain in 2008 where it’s grown ever since.

The Martech Zone is owned and operated by DK New Media, LLC, a company I started in 2009. After working with virtually every major online marketing department in my tenure at ExactTarget and launching Compendium, I knew there was a great demand for my expertise and guidance within such a complex industry.

DK New Media is my company overseeing my publications, podcasts, workshops, webinars, and speaking gigs. Highbridge is my agency with two other partners that help companies maximize their investment in sales, marketing, and related products. We offer integration, migration, training, strategic consulting, and custom development.

Thank you so much for your support over the years!

Douglas Karr
CEO, DK New Media
VP, Highbridge

First Contentful Paint

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