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Sunday, December 31st, 2023 8:20 PM

SEO Audit showing low word count

In every SEO tool that I have used, they show a low word count (8 for my home page) when in fact I have paragraphs on my webpage.  Why is this and how can I fix?  It seems the SEO settings on a 'paragaph' are not showing to the crawlers as content/text which means the same is probably happening with google which seems to be dramatically impacting my ranking.

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1 year ago

Here's a good article on the subject: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/site-audit-low-word-count/341467/ BY VIP CONTRIBUTOR Adam Riemer

Per Google: https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+a+a+low+word+count+on+a+website+audit%3F&sca_esv=594806322&authuser=0&sxsrf=AM9HkKlKe0KsIjUnWEwmIdDEF_b3QjtkGg%3A1704067659055&source=hp&ei=SwKSZdytAabAxc8Pz8ic4A0&iflsig=AO6bgOgAAAAAZZIQW-BiCnlRLifFH9W22RcdelR74Z9e&ved=0ahUKEwic__Tb8rqDAxUmYPEDHU8kB9wQ4dUDCA0&uact=5&oq=what+is+a+a+low+word+count+on+a+website+audit%3F&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6Ii53aGF0IGlzIGEgYSBsb3cgd29yZCBjb3VudCBvbiBhIHdlYnNpdGUgYXVkaXQ_MgcQIRigARgKMgcQIRigARgKMgcQIRigARgKMgcQIRirAhgKSJORAVAAWMt5cAB4AJABAZgBjgWgAeA_qgEIMi0yOS41LTG4AQPIAQD4AQH4AQLCAgoQIxiABBiKBRgnwgIEECMYJ8ICFBAuGIAEGIoFGJECGMcBGK8BGI4FwgIREAAYgAQYigUYkQIYsQMYgwHCAgsQLhiABBixAxiDAcICERAuGIAEGLEDGIMBGMcBGNEDwgILEAAYgAQYigUYkQLCAggQABiABBixA8ICBBAAGAPCAgUQABiABMICDhAAGIAEGIoFGLEDGIMBwgIREC4YgAQYigUYsQMYgwEY1ALCAgoQABiABBgUGIcCwgIKECEYFhgeGB0YCsICDBAhGBYYHhgPGB0YCg&sclient=gws-wiz

The Site Auditor will count both visible and invisible text and will report a "Low Word Count" warning if your page has less than 200 words.

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@russell5607​ Thanks.

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1 year ago

Hello, 

It may be something with that tool. I put a website of yours in a SEO website word counter and it shows over 400 words on the home page:

 

Website Word Count Tool - SEOptimer

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@elyzabethv​ Thank you.