Content pages have sufficient depth
Why it matters
Thin pages with 2–3 sentences of body copy lose ranking competitions against competitors who answer the query more completely — Google's Helpful Content system explicitly targets shallow pages and can demote the entire site, not just the offenders. Listing pages that show only titles and dates leave the crawler nothing to rank, so category and archive URLs stay stranded on page 3+ of results indefinitely.
Severity rationale
Medium because thin content suppresses rankings sitewide under Helpful Content but does not directly deindex pages.
Remediation
Expand each content page to at least 300 words of original body copy that fully addresses the topic. For listing templates, render an excerpt or summary for every item rather than title-only rows. Update the page component so the main content area carries substantive text alongside any structured UI.
// app/blog/[slug]/page.tsx
// Render at least 300 words of original body content alongside the H1
<article>{post.body}</article>
DetectionPro
The detection method for this pattern is part of AuditBuffet Pro.
The full method (what to look for, pass and fail conditions, and how results get reported) ships inside the Marketing SEO Audit. The pattern definition, severity rationale, and remediation remain openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
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History
- 2026-04-18·v1.0.0·Initial import from marketing-advanced-seo·automated