How long should my blog posts be? is a question many beginner bloggers
ask.
Well, in as much as most people say: " there is no particular answer to
that question", I think I have found the right answer to that question.
My answer is that "it depends". Not what you think right? I guess I
haven't really provided answers to your question, huh?. So, it depends on
what?
It depends on almost everything, if I may say.
Truly, there is no fixed rule as to how long a blog post should be, but
there are certain factors that you need to consider in deciding the length
of a blog post.
One thing you should know is that, if you can get your message across in
just 200 words, then fine, you are good to go. On the web today, with
almost countless number of blogs, you find blog posts with varying number
of words ranging from as less as 25 words(you are probably surprised
right?) to as much as 1000 words or even more.
David Vandagriff -popularly known as "the passive Guy" is of the biggest
bloggers so to say. What does he do? He posts excerpts from articles or
books, let's say about a sentence or a single paragraph, and that's all.
You can over to his blog at thevoice.com to see for yourself.(Interesting,
that is.).
So, enough of stories, how long should a blog post be?
I already said earlier that if you can get your message across in about
200--250 words, that's OK, but let's look more into it.
Generally today, most people who read blogs are busy people or don't just
have time to sit down and read just one heck of a long post(considering
countless number of other blogs they have to read), so what do they do?
They just scan through your blog post to look for what they want.
That's it. What should you do? Be as succinct and as brief as you can also
making sure you include the necessary information in your blog post.
What if you must write a lengthy post?
To me, I would say that's very good and advantageous to you, how?
That would be a great avenue to break the long post into pieces
and create a series of posts, which implies that you won't run out of
content(at least not anytime soon) and you are sure to have your readers
come back for the rest of the story.
The key point I want you to hold is that, no matter what the length of
your post is, pass valuable information across to your reader.
Oh! and there is one more thing you need to consider, SEARCH
ENGINE. Considering the fact that search engines need enough information
when crawling your blog posts, I would advice you make your blog posts, at
least between 300-500 words.
I hope this information helps you in deciding the length of your blog
posts.
Time to hear from you. How long do you make your blog posts, and
what is the average you set for yourself? Let's talk.
Read:How to write a great blog post
Things to consider before publishing your blog post
ask.
Well, in as much as most people say: " there is no particular answer to
that question", I think I have found the right answer to that question.
My answer is that "it depends". Not what you think right? I guess I
haven't really provided answers to your question, huh?. So, it depends on
what?
It depends on almost everything, if I may say.
Truly, there is no fixed rule as to how long a blog post should be, but
there are certain factors that you need to consider in deciding the length
of a blog post.
One thing you should know is that, if you can get your message across in
just 200 words, then fine, you are good to go. On the web today, with
almost countless number of blogs, you find blog posts with varying number
of words ranging from as less as 25 words(you are probably surprised
right?) to as much as 1000 words or even more.
David Vandagriff -popularly known as "the passive Guy" is of the biggest
bloggers so to say. What does he do? He posts excerpts from articles or
books, let's say about a sentence or a single paragraph, and that's all.
You can over to his blog at thevoice.com to see for yourself.(Interesting,
that is.).
So, enough of stories, how long should a blog post be?
I already said earlier that if you can get your message across in about
200--250 words, that's OK, but let's look more into it.
Generally today, most people who read blogs are busy people or don't just
have time to sit down and read just one heck of a long post(considering
countless number of other blogs they have to read), so what do they do?
They just scan through your blog post to look for what they want.
That's it. What should you do? Be as succinct and as brief as you can also
making sure you include the necessary information in your blog post.
What if you must write a lengthy post?
To me, I would say that's very good and advantageous to you, how?
That would be a great avenue to break the long post into pieces
and create a series of posts, which implies that you won't run out of
content(at least not anytime soon) and you are sure to have your readers
come back for the rest of the story.
The key point I want you to hold is that, no matter what the length of
your post is, pass valuable information across to your reader.
Oh! and there is one more thing you need to consider, SEARCH
ENGINE. Considering the fact that search engines need enough information
when crawling your blog posts, I would advice you make your blog posts, at
least between 300-500 words.
I hope this information helps you in deciding the length of your blog
posts.
Time to hear from you. How long do you make your blog posts, and
what is the average you set for yourself? Let's talk.
Read:How to write a great blog post
Things to consider before publishing your blog post
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