Amount of content

Silktide counts the words on your website and tracks the total word count and the average words per page over time. This is a measurement rather than a test - it does not flag problems on individual pages.

Why this matters

The amount of content on your website is a useful health signal when watched over time:

• Growth - a steadily rising word count shows your publishing effort is actually landing on the live site.
• Early warning - a sudden drop can reveal deleted sections, a broken template that hides text, or a migration that lost pages, often before anyone notices by hand.
• Context - average words per page helps distinguish a site of substantial articles from one of thin stub pages, which matters for how well content can answer visitors' and search engines' questions.

More words are not automatically better - padding pages with filler reads as spammy to both people and search engines. Aim for substantial, relevant content, and use these numbers to watch the trend rather than chase a target.

How Silktide tests this

1. Count the words in the visible text of each page and document as it is crawled.
2. Add these up to a total word count for the website, and divide by the number of pages for the average words per page.
3. Record both figures on every scan, so you can see how they change over time.