Image with 100% width/height - bad ranking?

[GeorgFranz]

Hi,

we have some articles like this:

http://www.schicksal.com/Orakel/Freitag-13

The main image has a width of 100% and a height of 100%. Today, I've discovered that GWT Instant Preview has some troubles with rendering the page.

We have CSS rules to deliver the image with the right dimensions. If a bot like google is not sending any screen height / width we assume the screen size is 2560x1440.

Does this harm the ranking of the page? (Content starts below the fold/image) What is a "default" screen size for google? How do they determine if something is "above the fold"?

Any tips or ideas?

Best wishes,

Georg.

[Lantec]

I would say it comes down to page loading speed and user engagement. If the page is taking a lot longer (which your website doesn't) to load then this could influence the ranking. Again if users arent engaging well with your page and the bounce rate is high then this could influence the ranking as Google may see your page as not being the best match to their search.

I don't think the size of the image or the style of your page is going to influence the ranking of your page/website. The only case I can see this being so is when it affects the users experience.

[jesse-landry]

Nothing about your image sizes will affect your page's organic web results ranking.

I wouldn't worry about this.

[geefex6nsy]

yep agree with both answers above i just wanna re-quote this

"If the page is taking a lot longer (which your website doesn't) to load then this could influence the ranking"