What is the maximum amount of text per HTML page? Would too many words cause problems for the Google Bot?
vincevincevince
2:58 pm on Aug 28, 2008 (gmt 0)
The limit used to be 100k; but I understand that's fuzzy
tangor
3:56 pm on Aug 28, 2008 (gmt 0)
Fuzzy might be correct. I have a dozen or so pages with 200-220k words each. So far they rank just as well as the pages at 135-170k words (about fifty more). All the rest are under 50k words. Those word counts are original content. I haven't checked to see how much more was added "word wise" when converted to HTML.
pr10
2:53 pm on Aug 29, 2008 (gmt 0)
Any more input?
Rubberpiggy
10:51 am on Sep 10, 2008 (gmt 0)
From a user-perspective I would recommend to keep the text above the scroll (for a regular PC screen). The most important text and keywords should be mentioned as near the heading as possible. Think usability before SEO and the rankings will "magically" improve.
Fortune Hunter
12:34 am on Sep 11, 2008 (gmt 0)
I would recommend 450-500 words per page for user friendliness. It seems like to much beyond that, especially if the page has a photo or two, becomes long and unwieldy. However from an SEO aspect I see that others are running way beyond this and not having a problem.
pepperstix
10:55 am on Sep 29, 2008 (gmt 0)
Jacob Nielsen's useit.com gives valuable advice on effective use of text and layouts.
ZydoSEO
6:23 pm on Sep 29, 2008 (gmt 0)
I think Google used to only look at the first 100k, but I read somewhere recently (possibly Matt Cutts blog or an interview with him) that it was changed to 500k'ish.
[edited by: ZydoSEO at 6:24 pm (utc) on Sep. 29, 2008]
MadeWillis
6:37 pm on Sep 29, 2008 (gmt 0)
It also depends on what you are doing with the content. Some sites will intentionaly split articles up into multiple pages to allow for more advertising.
