Word count requirement

[thappe]

The on page optimization tool recommends a minimum word count of 50. Given the panda update, what word count would you recommend? Would that count vary if a photo appeared on the page, too?

[derbas]

Well can you create great content with 50 words, or not?

Seo is no exact science, and hell google knows that not every page has to have 500 words.

But my recommendation would be atleast 150-200.

[thappe]

When you have visitor submitted pages, you don't control the amount of content. I'm just trying to assess how much I need to add to those pages to make them unique pages/better quality. Thank you for your response.