Thin Content Vs Noindex - Which One is Better?

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When you have many category pages, they tend to be thin in content by their very nature. You can provide a short description and a list of links and you're pretty much done. Therefore, would you say that it's better to add around 100 words for each category page (~50+ categories) or simply noindex them?
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    Why would you noindex the mother of all relevant pages for a group of pages (entire category)?

    I rank category pages that have no text besides <h1>, anchor-text & alt-text. They rank the same as any other page, matter of fact some have double SERP listings for the same keyword/s (category page + additional page from same category).
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    • Woops, I meant sub-categories, but I take it the same applies.
  • I set no index for category and tags..It's to prevent duplicate content..But it depends on you..
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    Thin Content Vs Noindex - Which One is Better?

    When you have many category pages, they tend to be thin in content by their very nature. You can provide a short description and a list of links and you're pretty much done. Therefore, would you say that it's better to add around 100 words for each category page (~50+ categories) or simply noindex them?