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thin content
A page whose visible text is too short, too generic or too duplicated to answer the query it targets. The word count alone does not define it: a 783-word parking page is thin and a 200-word answer to a precise question is not.
What thin content means
A page whose visible text is too short, too generic or too duplicated to answer the query it targets. The word count alone does not define it: a 783-word parking page is thin and a 200-word answer to a precise question is not. Engines judge it against the intent, and so should any check that claims to measure it.
What thin content can and cannot support
| It can support | It cannot support |
|---|---|
| A page whose visible text is too short, too generic or too duplicated to answer the query it targets. Engines judge it against the intent, and so should any check that claims to measure it. | The word count alone does not define it: a 783-word parking page is thin and a 200-word answer to a precise question is not. |
Where thin content comes up on this site
- Thin-content checks miss parking pages: 783 words, still parkedThe heuristic that does not work The obvious detector is thin content: a parking page is mostly nothing, so count the words and flag anything nearly empty.
Related terms in Indexing and discovery
Whether a page can be found and kept, separately from whether it can be fetched.
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Questions about thin content
What is thin content?
A page whose visible text is too short, too generic or too duplicated to answer the query it targets. The word count alone does not define it: a 783-word parking page is thin and a 200-word answer to a precise question is not.
What does thin content not show or guarantee?
The word count alone does not define it: a 783-word parking page is thin and a 200-word answer to a precise question is not.
Which area of the glossary does thin content belong to?
Indexing and discovery: Whether a page can be found and kept, separately from whether it can be fetched.
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