Content fix guide
Majority of Pages Have Thin Content
Most crawled pages have fewer than 300 words.
Issue ID: SITE-THIN-001
Severity: high
Impact: High
Effort: L
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- You need deeper remediation guidance than the issue card can show.
- You want CMS-specific steps before handing the fix to a developer.
- You want a repeatable re-check path after shipping the change.
What this issue is
Most crawled pages have fewer than 300 words.
Why it matters
Most crawled pages have fewer than 300 words. This affects clarity, topical depth, and whether a visitor sees an obvious reason to keep reading.
How we detect it
- FreeSiteAudit flags this issue when the rule for SITE-THIN-001 fails and the page evidence points to Dom body.
- You can usually confirm this by checking the page source or the relevant page settings inside your CMS.
Evidence examples
Check the affected page source, rendered output, or relevant CMS setting to confirm the missing or incorrect element.
How to fix it
- 1Add meaningful, unique content to thin pages
- 2Consolidate thin pages into more comprehensive ones
- 3Aim for at least 300-500 words per page
How to re-check it
- Re-crawl and check that most pages have 300+ words
Related tools
This issue is best verified with the full FreeSiteAudit crawl rather than a single-point mini tool.