content.empty
The HTML contains no visible text.
What to change
If the page is rendered client-side, use server-side rendering or static generation so the HTML carries the content. Re-run with render enabled to compare the rendered DOM.
The documentation on developers.google.comA finding of this rule on a page carries the exact edits for that page: the markup it quotes, and what to write instead.
When it runs
Runs on every SEO audit: of a page, a crawl, a build directory or HTML. A warning is a problem that costs a page ranking, clicks or citations. Each finding takes 5 points off the page's score.
The severity here is the rule's usual one: a finding can be raised or lowered when the page gives a reason.
Run it, or skip it
Check a page for this rule alone, after a fix for instance:
npx @rivi-software/agentic-seo-check audit https://example.com --rule content.emptyOr from an assistant, with the MCP tool seo_audit_page:
{
"url": "https://example.com",
"rules": [
"content.empty"
]
}To leave it out of an audit, pass --disable content.empty on the command, or disableRules: ["content.empty"] to a tool.
More in Content
All 4 rules- Warning
content.thinThe page has very little text (default: fewer than 300 words). - Error
content.placeholder-textPlaceholder text ("lorem ipsum") is present in the page. - Info
content.readability-lowFlesch Reading Ease below 30 (very difficult). Only evaluated for English or unspecified language, 100+ words.