Question 1

What is a good code-to-text ratio?

Accepted Answer

A ratio above 25-30% is generally considered healthy for SEO. Below 10% the page is likely bloated with HTML, comments or hidden markup. Above 60% the page may lack semantic content.

Question 2

Does the ratio affect Google rankings?

Accepted Answer

Google has officially said text-to-code ratio is not a direct ranking factor. However, a low ratio often correlates with heavy bloat, slow loads and thin content — all of which do affect rankings.

Question 3

How do you calculate the ratio?

Accepted Answer

We parse the HTML, strip scripts, styles, comments and HTML tags, then measure the remaining visible text in characters. The ratio is text_size / html_size × 100.

Question 4

Are my pages sent to a server?

Accepted Answer

No. If you paste source code it is processed entirely in your browser. The URL fetch option uses a CORS proxy to grab public pages — nothing is stored.