Comments on: Post Length – How Long Should a Blog Post Be?

By: Dianne

Dianne — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:08:51 +0000

As a former journalist, I stick to newspaper style, even for Web content, i.e.
1) Well-crafted headline;
2) First paragraph is most important (as it may be all anyone gets to/through);
3) Newspaper columns were roughly 700 words and were well-read (Perhaps shorter for WWW for reasons mentioned above;
4) Short paragraphs;
5) Excellent images tweaked in Photoshop specifically for the Web.

By: Drug Treatment Utah

Drug Treatment Utah — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:52:21 +0000

I agree, short and to the point should be most blog posts. If we wanted to read a two or three page post we would just read books.

By: David Brice

David Brice — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:41:29 +0000

A great blog with useful information. The length of a blog post depends on the article. It shouldn’t be padded out to get more keywords for search engines. As long as you write the post for the reader then thats fine. Some will be short and to the point and some will need to explain the details. If its a helpful post about something I want to learn I personally love the longer posts crammed with as much information as possible, but equally short sharp and to the point is good as well.

By: Guillaume

Guillaume — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:42:20 +0000

Hello Darren and thanks for your blog

To go further into that :
I am planning to launch my first blog in March and I know that the ideas that I want to express will require posts with far more than 500 words (it will be about personal development).
I thought I could break the longest posts into several short ones. in my opinion the advantages would be :
1. Not to overwhelm the reader
2. Post more regularly without increasing the effort
3. Fidelize the reader as he will (hopefully) be looking forward coming back the next day to have the end of the post.

Do you think that’s a good idea?
Thanks in advance for the answers

By: red

red — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:00:31 +0000

I LOVE “THE RANT” BLOG!! Keep it short and sweet ;)

red

http://www.mybitterblog.com

By: Rivo H

Rivo H — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:44:13 +0000

Hi!
My posts are usually 300-400 words. I know some people make it 1000s but thats not for me right now. 5000 word posts are for deep details and dedicated readers imo.

Its good to know I CAN write long articles though.

By: Barb

Barb — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:12:34 +0000

I’m a new blogger and have found this site very useful…thank you! As for the topic at hand, I will always remember the English teacher who taught me the “skirt rule”. A woman’s skirt should be long enough to cover the topic but short enough to keep it interesting. The same goes for a blog post!

By: Drug Rehab

Drug Rehab — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:07:49 +0000

A blog post should be, as a general rule of thumb, around 4oo words. The issue with this general rule that most bloggers observe is that if your topic calls for fewer words, fewer words are acceptable. On the other hand, if your post needs more words to make sense, etc., then more words are okay also. If your site has articles on it, I would suggest that if a post is more than 750 words, make it an article.

By: B.K.Saravanan

B.K.Saravanan — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:35:03 +0000

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Thanks for the blogger

By: james

james — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:22:26 +0000

thanx for that mate found it very useful

i try and mix the lengths of my posts

By: Rev. Dimitri Nosarev

Rev. Dimitri Nosarev — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:50:32 +0000

Thank you so much for valuable piece of advise, I was looking for the answer today, and found it on your blog. Great JOB, brother…

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:59:56 +0000

I prefer shorter posts with links to more information. Implant an idea, then give easy access to more information if the reader wishes it.

By: sanjeevbabu

sanjeevbabu — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:04:34 +0000

What is the font that should look good .Will bold letters help?

By: BillinDetroit

BillinDetroit — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:23:51 +0000

Darren,
I don’t know yet if this is a good tactic, but Ive been putting my posts through a word counter and starting each new post with the word count. Those who have a short attention span can click an ad and go.

;-)

I do write longer posts, but around the 3,000 word mark, I break them up into smaller chunks. A good reader can readily handle 3,000 words in 5 minutes or so and what I write won’t appeal to those who have trouble choosing a crayon from a box of four.

I did just post a topic titled “What Color Was Noah?” that was about 5,700 words long on my religion blog. I broke it up into three pieces along lines that appeared to be natural divisions. I also took advantage of the tag to put ~20-50 words out there so potential readers can get some idea of the content.

I can remember when i was on dial-up and had to choose wisely before I clicked anything. Dial-up is still fairly common … my own son has it because he seldom uses the internet and his wife is basically only interested in snagging business e-mails. So I try to keep graphics down and to let my readers know what’s “behind door number two” before they click.

By: Asako

Asako — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:56:02 +0000

Reading comments, I am probably an exception that I like a blog site with longer posts. What is the average length of posts on problogger? I really like this site, because each post has high quality, is very well thought out, and complete. As far as I find the title I am looking for, it is for sure that I will get everything I want to read on that topic within one post. Particularly, on this kind of topic, it is good to have a long high quality article.

By: Big E

Big E — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:51:22 +0000

I am definitely in the camp of less is more. I believe you should be able to explain any idea with three to five sentences (no run-ons, please). The real determining factor for length has more to do with subject matter than anything else. Of course you want to be brief and to the point, but if you introduce a side thought in your blog, it needs to be supported. As a rule I try to keep my posts under 1000 words but no shorter than 250. On occasion I will go longer than 1000, but it was necessary to give a clear description or definition.

By: Mr. Rehab

Mr. Rehab — Mon, 14 May 2007 16:53:45 +0000

A post’s length varies according to it’s purpose. If it is an informational post, regarding a detailed theme it’s only normal that it is a long one, as where it it merely a response to a question, such as this one, it shouldn’t be longer than 250 up to a maximum of 400 words. Of course, this is a personal opinion and it may be argued.

By: Idaho

Idaho — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:51:54 +0000

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