(Entry was posted by Ian Macleod on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 02/07/2019).

Thin content.

Hi everyone,
I have a question which should have a simple answer, I hope. We have been putting a new site together and I was wondering about thin content. Some of the pages on the site are simply there to direct our customers to the correct product for their needs. So there may only be a few words (usually less than 100) and the visitor clicks a button to go to the next page. Should I care about thin content? I don`t particularly care if the pages are ranked or not but I don`t want the thin content to reflect on the rest of the site. Will Google care or am I being to pedantic? ?

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Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

Dave Elliott: Can you adequately describe the features and style of the theme in 500 words? If yes then it doesn`t matter. If you can do it in less it wouldn`t matter. If it`s a theme page I`d concentrate on making sure it looks balanced and professional so users can imagine thier website using the theme rather than focusing on the content length. Conversions are more important for a page like that.
Mal Ã– Tonge: 500 words on each page is not considered as thin content. The question should be, "Would your pages rank high in SERPS with 500 words on each page" That requires research of the niche and your competitors. Search your keywords and phrases in Google and check your competitors. Always try to do more than your competitors and make better quality content.