Thin content doesn’t just rank poorly - it can devalue rankings across your entire site in Google’s algorithms.

Search algorithms, like Google's Helpful Content updates, specifically target low-quality pages, meaning weak or unfinished pages can drag down overall performance.

On Shopify, this is especially challenging because every page (even promotional or forgotten ones) is pushed into your sitemap and indexed, often resulting in many orphaned, low-value content.

CDSEO helps you identify and act on these pages so your site stays strong, authoritative, and trustworthy in both Traditional and AI search.

Visible pages that have no content are automatically flagged as requiring fix (you can also adjust the settings to require a certain word count).

Each flagged page should be reviewed to decide if it deserves to stay visible in search.

• If the page is important (like an active product, collection, or landing page), you can enrich it with meaningful content. CDSEO’s Content Publishing Suite makes this simple, so the page contributes positively to your SEO.
  
• If the page isn’t meant for search (like a temporary promo or utility page), you can keep it live for users but click BLOCK to remove it from indexing. This prevents it from dragging down your rankings.

When thin content pages have sufficient content added or are blocked, they are marked as "Compliant." Once all pages are addressed, you'll see No Fixes Required and the section will be marked green until new thin content pages are identified.