Add Content To Existing Page or Create New Page?

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We are doing some local SEO for our business which is in 10 cities. We have built a city page with unique content for each city and linked to a unique contact page with contact information unique for each city. The content on our existing page is fairly thin. 2/3 of it is the same amongst all pages as our services are the exact same from city to city so the description ad menu of our services. Then 1/3 of the content is unique to the city which is a stock photo and 1-2 paragraphs of text containing about 175 words.

We have another chunk of content for each city which is probably 2-3 paragraphs but each paragraph will be short so probably in total 200 words in 1-3 paragraphs. The subject of the content is related to one of the most popular search queries that are location specific. For example, if we were a company that provided say, environmental study services in city X, this second chunk of content might be about "environmental LAWS in City X" If the original content on the pre-existing landing page is already pretty thin, is the SEO effect going to most likely be better to add the content to the existing page or even though it's less than 200 words, add the content to a separate page and cross link between the main city page and the city contact page.
 
New page if you are targeting new set of keywords/phrases, and the same page if you have closely matching keywords/phrases to target.
 
New pages for sure. But also have in mind that 200 words is usually not enough for a page. Google prefer longer texts, I would suggest at least 450 words in 3 paragraphs.
 
If the topic is different from what was already posted, it would be best to create a new page for it. But 200 words per post may not be enough to get Google's attention. Maybe you can add more to your existing content first and target at least 500+ words.
 
There are three answers to this in practice

  • Same keywords - Name page.
  • New Keywords - New page
  • Associated keywords - Linked page in a silo type set up (or post if you are using a CMS like Wordpress)

Good luck :)
 
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