Thin Content & Word Count Analyzer
Detect pages with too little content that may hurt your search rankings — bulk check up to 20 URLs.
How It Works
Paste your URLs
Enter up to 20 page URLs, one per line.
Extract & count words
We fetch each page, strip boilerplate HTML, and count visible words.
Review results
Pages are flagged as Good, Thin Content, or Empty based on word count.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is thin content?
Thin content refers to pages with very little unique, valuable text — typically under 300 words. Google may rank these pages lower or exclude them from the index.
How many words does a page need?
There's no universal minimum, but most SEO best practices recommend at least 300 words for informational pages and 500+ for competitive topics.
Does word count alone determine quality?
No — quality, relevance, and user intent matter more than word count. But thin pages are a common signal of low-quality content.
What should I do with thin pages?
You can expand the content, merge thin pages into a richer page, or add a noindex tag if the page serves a functional purpose but doesn't need to rank.
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