Panda and Thin Content

[VividLime]

Hi Guys,

I have a quick question. We have a website and in the wake of Panda, we are worried about our video news section.

We produce about 10 videos news a month on a templated page and beneath it is a small extract of the words spoken in the video.  The text  below each video is about 180 words each.

Currently the video news section makes up and 1/5 of the content on the site. I.e Out of 500 pages, we have about 100 video news articles.

Should I be worried about  being wacked by  Panda for this?

Can I tell Google this is a news section?

[usef4u]

I think make it natural.. Make site for users not for google... Allow users to post comments and their views on those videos. That will make UGC, and users will spend more time interactive with comments and replies.

[SEODinosaur]

Panda Update is about duplicate content, it's when you have text in more the one page that is exact. Only the first original content gets indexed. However in your case I am assuming you have a video with a transcript below it. Well they do that here on seoMOZ and theres nothing wrong with it. In fact, I recommend it. Some people prefer reading the content rather then watching the video.

[VividLime]

Hi ,

From my understanding Panda is also about thin content. SEOmoz's videos are somtimes 15min long which produce alot of content.

Our are vids are about 1min each which gives you about 150 - 180 words.

Within the site there is the core commercial pages, tips and guides, then  video news content.  Over time, the site could be made up of largely 150 word pages.

Any other ideas?

[SEODinosaur]

Maybe you can combine some of these pages? Show more then one video on each page...

Have you considered a blog for this?

[Catalyste]

I wouldn't be worried if my content is useful to users and have a good level of quality