{"id":3329,"date":"2023-02-04T23:20:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-04T23:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.copebusiness.com\/?p=3329"},"modified":"2026-05-12T09:54:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:54:59","slug":"fix-the-low-text-html-ratio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.copebusiness.com\/de\/technical-seo\/fix-the-low-text-html-ratio\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix &#8222;the Low Text-HTML Ratio&#8220; Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The low text-to-HTML ratio means that you have more code in the page source than the original human human-readable text. <\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">On this page<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #0a0a0a;color:#0a0a0a\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #0a0a0a;color:#0a0a0a\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.copebusiness.com\/de\/technical-seo\/fix-the-low-text-html-ratio\/#What_is_the_page_size_limit_for_googlebot_crawlers\" >What is the page size limit for googlebot crawlers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.copebusiness.com\/de\/technical-seo\/fix-the-low-text-html-ratio\/#What_is_the_Benefit_of_Fixing_it\" >What is the Benefit of Fixing it?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.copebusiness.com\/de\/technical-seo\/fix-the-low-text-html-ratio\/#How_to_Fix_Low_text_to_HTML_issue\" >How to Fix Low text to HTML issue<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, you are reading this text in English here which is referred to as <strong>text<\/strong> while when you go to the view source of this page you would find plenty of technical code which is normally called <strong>HTML<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_page_size_limit_for_googlebot_crawlers\"><\/span>What is the page size limit for googlebot crawlers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Googlebot only processes the first\u00a0<strong>15MB<\/strong>\u00a0of a page\u2019s content. While most pages don\u2019t exceed this size (average HTML is ~30kB), large files may see content after 15MB ignored. To avoid this,\u00a0<strong>externalise data URIs, scripts, and CSS<\/strong>. Use your browser\u2019s Developer Tools to check page size. <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/blog\/2022\/06\/googlebot-15mb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_Benefit_of_Fixing_it\"><\/span>What is the Benefit of Fixing it?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Faster Page Load<\/strong>: More code increases rendering time, slowing down page speed. Optimized pages load faster and can rank higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Improved Content<\/strong>: While content doesn&#8217;t need to be lengthy, thin content can hurt user engagement. Tools like SEMrush flag low text-to-HTML ratios to highlight content that may need enhancement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Fix_Low_text_to_HTML_issue\"><\/span>How to Fix Low text to HTML issue<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Increase the text and number of words if needed<\/strong>: You can increase the word count on your page however it is not something that is required. For example, a contact page may not be needed to look like a blog page so in that case this would be fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reduce the code<\/strong>: Double-check the code because sometimes we can optimize the code. Removing inline style and script code and hosting to separate files can help reduce the code without removing any feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In general, we don&#8217;t need to worry about a low-text-to-HTML ratio because it is not what Google looks for however as good quality sites have so many good things in them. So it is better to tap into every opportunity available to improve site quality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is a reference video by Google search advocate John Mueller on low-text-to-HTML term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"English Google Webmaster Central office-hours hangout\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PvNnPd76xSU?start=1135&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The low text-to-HTML ratio means that you have more code in the page source than the original human human-readable text. 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