: Website occupying half the width on large monitors. is it bad? I'm learning that my website looks like it has decent amount of content when viewed on small monitors but when viewed on large

@Connie744

Search engines cannot determine intent based on display of content so, no, this does not affect SEO. Others are saying UX is an issue but search engines, again, cannot determine intent so, again, no, it does not affect SEO. To penalize you for this would be similar to penalizing a mystery site for a one word, centered index page.

However, if people hate your display and don't visit anymore for that reason, then, yes, it affects SEO.

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@Deb1703797

To give better user experience your website should look great on all resolution , at least in most of the commonly used monitors your website should look great.

For mobile, better have a minimalist website which is convenient to browse and do business with your website.

When you don't have a pleasing/attractive website customer will exit quickly. Mostly visitor takes less than 2 ~ 3 seconds to decide to continue browsing your website or exit your website, this may be called "first impression".

Looks like, you are using fixed width. This is kind of old web design. Mostly nowadays everyone , even most of the templates available are with responsive design. Rather than using fixed with, you have to use the % of the width. This will help you to come up with responsive / fluid design.

Check this link: ux.stackexchange.com/questions/24406/what-is-the-exact-difference-between-fluid-and-responsive-design
If your website design is not good or converting users to goals, then spending any amount of money on Advertisement may not give better results.

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@Deb1703797

Nope, as far as SEO is concerned, it does not matter how small your website content looks on larger monitors. Website width does not directly affect SEO but website should be accessible and visible to the search engines.

But it's important for user experience and visitors.

So make sure you check your website on PageSpeed Insights tool and pass User Experience checklists.

Also don't go liquid on extra large monitors, use 50-60% of browser width for those monitors.

If you are not doing already, you can add couple of relevant images in each article to increase content length.

Also, review your website analytics, and try to find the screen size for majority of your visitors.

I found 92% of visitors on my website were using smaller screen than 900px, so I stopped investing tons of times on larger monitors and more time on optimizing user experience for mobile phones and tablets.

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