Google Penalizes For Thin Content?

Hi,

Will Google penalize our blog if we post thin contents with say (200 to 300 words)?

If so, what if they are original posts with images, screenshots, titles, subtitles etc. and is not duplicate?

Also, how do you define thin content? How much words is ideal if its a short post?

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Well I don't see why a site will be penalized for having less content as long as it is unique and informative. Google's goal is to provide its users with the most relative and informative pages, and a 2000 words page can be informative for some and so can be 200 word long pages for some people.

Your main aim should be to be natural, unique and informative. As long as you write for your audience with honesty nothing should be a problem. Otherwise there are two many algorithms like Panda and Penguin to bring you down.

 

Perfect! I was also thinking like that.... Will they penalize if we have original content.... I feel that a 200 word or even a 100 word post is valuable as long as its ORIGINAL and is written for users.

 

That is true.I wonder why people tend to publish lengthy posts.It must what it should be.

 

Yeah that's right. 'They' (the so called SEO Professionals) say focus on quality than quantity. But if you write a quality 1500 words blog post then who is gonna read that? If you're reviewing say "Top 10 Mobile Phones" then by quality post they mean we must write its specifications and all. So it becomes a complete post.

I ask what's wrong if I list list the Top 10 Mobiles (with its high quliaty pictures) and then link to it's official web pages and add 2 sentences about each phone which is my personal view. Then what's wrong? Won't that be called a quality post?

People will surely read the full blog post if we do that.... Who is gonna ready those 1500 words if it's nothing but can be viewed by going directly to official pages.

 

Dont expect to get anywhere on Google with 300 words... really..

 

I'm going to have to disagree. A 100 word article is like 7 sentences. 7 sentences is usually too short to be of any quality.

Imagine writing an essay in college or high school and the teacher tells you to argue your point. If you showed up with 100-300 word essay, you would get an F. It is not enough to get something valuable across and explain why it is valuable.

Even if you manage to, it is such a low percentage, and google is a robot that goe sby percentages, that you will get thrown into the low quality pile.

 

Yes, that's right. But imagine something which have a lot of images then 300 words maybe enough to explain things or just to show titles.

 

True, I will give you that one. If you have other types of media, ie videos, images, audio, you can get by with much less text. Point taken.

 

Check out this post... How To Create Great & Unique Content That Performs Well In Search Engine Result Pages I wrote that based on the Webmaster Video by Google.

It's around 500 words. If I haven't used those excerpts then it must be around 300 words only.

 

And how is it doing in the Googles? If it's good they you have answered your own question. If it isn't then we are still unsure.

 

I don't get it since when is there a text limit algorithm on Google that you need to have atleast 500 words or something. And if you are talking about writing an essay in school writing it in 200-300 words is very doable it really depends on the topic you are writing on.

 

The whole point of the Panda update was to punish thin content sites.

Keep in mind there is no correlation between quality and word count.

 

The first panda targeted CONTENT FARMS actually targeting low quality content... which is written only for Search Engines.... and for monetizing with AdSense.

 

That sir is exactly my point. Content farms published thin/weak content that wasn't compelling, well-researched etc etc, with content that was surrounded by ads just to make money.

 

Yes, those are written for Search Engines only and is not an ORIGINAL content. My point was what if my 300 words article is ORIGINAL and can't be find elsewhere on the internet.

 

Having original content isn't just about it being unique and not found elsewhere on the internet. You want content that is compelling and makes your readers want to share it, leave a comment, etc etc.

 

Alright.

 

I dis agree....

 

Disagree what?