How Many Pages Should My Website Be for SEO?
Posted March 21, 2011 by DIYSEO Team (10 comments)
This post is meant to be helpful for those new to SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and looking to learn more about fundamental best practices that will help your Website generate more qualified traffic from search engines. You can also find DIYSEO posts classified by level of expertise on the following pages:
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The number of pages you will need for SEO depends on the number of keywords you are targeting. Use this basic formula to estimate the number of pages you will need– (keywords you want to rank for divided by keywords you can target per page).
We have included a free Excel calculator that you can use to estimate the number of pages you should have for your website.
More keywords = more pages
Realistically, you can only target about 15-20 SEO keywords per page, (500 words per page). Therefore, if your keyword research has uncovered 500 keywords that are highly relevant to your business, this means you will need about 25-35 pages for your website (500 keywords/20 keywords per page=25 total webpages).
However, if some of these keywords are highly competitive, you will probably need a few additional pages (because you should target fewer keywords per page for highly competitive keywords).
SEO Page Calculator:
To help you determine the number of pages your website will need we’ve included a handy Excel SEO page calculator. Here’s an example of what the spreadsheet looks like:
Click here to download the DIYSEO Page Calculator.
Although there is no definitive answer for the number of pages a website needs for SEO, you can make an educated estimate with the DIYSEO page calculator.
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Linda - New England Fine Living at 2:34 pm
Thank you so much for sharing, I am a diy’er and 6 years later, still struggling to increase numbers and working on creating another site. I have over 500 pages, but not all are indexed. The more I research the more I learn. Just increased my visits by 20,000 page views last month. I will be sure to share your link if I share any information from your site.
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http://kvartiraodessa.com Thank you so much for sharing, I am a diy’er and 6 years later, still struggling to increase numbers and working on creating another site
DIYSEO Team at 9:51 am
Awesome! We’re here to help so let us know if you have any questions
Texas Wills at 12:20 pm
This is great information. I added a few additional pages today just to ensure that http://www.affordabletexaswills has a few additional pages to improve rank.
Samet - English GrammarBank at 9:54 pm
It really depends on your niche, you might be ranked high with as few as 10 pages if your niche is narrow whereas you might need to have 200 to start competing your competitors if you are going after a broader niche
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E-solutions at 3:05 pm
Ive found the more pages the more internal juice. Which is key when your in a competitive market.