What Screen Resolution Is Your Site Designed For?

Many webmasters overlook one important aspect of a website - screen resolution. BgTheory.com reports the following:
In January 2008, 48% of surfers used a screen resolution of 1024X768 while 38% used a higher screen resolution.
Resolutions higher than 1024X768 are seeing an increase year-over-year. To view BgTheory’s trends from 2000-2008, click here.
It is very important to look [...]

Many webmasters overlook one important aspect of a website - screen resolution. BgTheory.com reports the following:
In January 2008, 48% of surfers used a screen resolution of 1024X768 while 38% used a higher screen resolution.

Resolutions higher than 1024X768 are seeing an increase year-over-year. To view BgTheory’s trends from 2000-2008, click here.

It is very important to look at your screen resolution stats (you can use Analytics, WebTrends etc) and design your site around the most common screen resolution. It seems like 1024X768 is still the way to go, for now.

According to BgTheory, 76.5% of people click on the visible area of your page. Keep this in mind if your site is designed for a super high resolution (about 1024X768). Scrolling up and down is ok, left to right…ALL BAD.