Signals How it behaves

Fixed pixel widths that will overflow a phone

Category
How it behaves
Direction
Pushes the score up
Weight
+8

What it is

Weight, mobile, accessibility, SEO — where the money leaks. One signal is not a verdict. The score is the whole weighted set, not any single line of it.

How it is weighted

8 points is mid-weight: real evidence, not a smoking gun. On its own it moves the number a few points.

What to do about it

Replace the fixed pixel widths with max-width and fluid units, and let tables and wide media scroll inside their own container. Then check it at 375px.

Where it fires

Of the homepages we scan as worked examples, this signal fired on 14:

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