Comments on: A Guide to writing good email…. and blog posts?

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 17:01:13 +0000

I agree very much with short blogging. I think a good mix of both short and longer blog content gives busy readers something to read before they leave the site. I know that as a mother, I often find that some articles get skipped over by my eyes because I just don’t have the time to read it all.

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By: christy

christy — Wed, 24 May 2006 09:59:30 +0000

Length and context matters most for a blog post. Who has the time to go through number of pages. One should values others time!

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By: anty

anty — Wed, 24 May 2006 08:47:23 +0000

I’ve read this before, but I also think these are very good points.
You can expand these points to everything written for users. Because it is the same behavour if you write a tutorial, an article for a newspaper or a blogpost.
The reader wants to know fast what he gets when he reads the article and it should be easy to read.
Just a thought…

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By: K

Wed, 24 May 2006 01:52:54 +0000

About blog length, I actually prefer consistency.
That way for my regular blogs,
I can plan my visits.
If I have a big chunk of time, I go to Blog A.
Only have a minute? Visit Blog B.
But then I’m a very lazy surfer.

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Wed, 24 May 2006 00:38:11 +0000

I’ll also question shorter posts a little. I know my own tend to be on the long side. I write articles as opposed to a quick post, which for my subject matter makes sense to me. I’m sure they could be a shorter, but they do need to be long enough to give the information.

A long post does take a commitment in time to read, but I grow tired of blogs that get in an out in a paragraph or two all the time without ever telling me anything useful. It’s an even greater commitment of time to come back every day to see if there is something worth reading.

Maybe a mix of short, medium, and long posts is a good solution.

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 24 May 2006 00:32:17 +0000

As far as post length, I think it depends on who are you writing for. If it’s something of an online journal for yourself, writing long posts could make sense.

I do however agree that if you are trying to write so that others will want to read you, you should probably use shorter posts.

By: Darren McLaughlin

Darren McLaughlin — Wed, 24 May 2006 00:12:10 +0000

People’s time is very valuable. You have to consider how long a busy person can spend at your blog and post accordingly, IMHO.

By: David Jackmanson

David Jackmanson — Tue, 23 May 2006 23:12:32 +0000

The better you make your headline, and your first paragraph, the more likely you are to hold readers if you do choose to write a long post.

I think the ‘chunk’ idea is a good one. If you’re reading these comments, please post quickly saying how many paragrpahs you like a post to be.

Thanks David

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Tue, 23 May 2006 22:57:46 +0000

I’ve written about post length previously but my opinion is that a post CAN be any length but I find that I get more interaction from readers and more people taking action on what I write when my posts are short to medium.

Long posts have a place but you have to work hard in them to keep readers interested until the end.

I know when I go to a blog that if a post is too long I often give up either immediately or along the way. I’m lazy, I scan content, I have a short attention span and I suspect most we users do also.

Having said that – I regularly write long posts – but mix in shorter ones also.

By: CW

CW — Tue, 23 May 2006 22:40:52 +0000

I agree that a blog post can be as long as it needs to be, but in the interests of helping one’s readers, might it not be better to split super-long posts into say 2 or 3 (or how ever many) posts? They could be labelled ‘Long Post Part 1′, ‘Part 2′ and so on. I for one find it easier to digest posts in smaller chunks…

By: Thilak

Thilak — Tue, 23 May 2006 22:20:08 +0000

Yes RinzeWind I agree with you.

By: jimmy

jimmy — Tue, 23 May 2006 22:04:13 +0000

Good points setforth by Darren and RinzeWind.

By: RinzeWind

RinzeWind — Tue, 23 May 2006 21:40:01 +0000

The two last points are fine by me, but I don’t really agree on the first one. A blog post has to be as long as it needs to. In this sense, it’s not the same as an e-mail, as the later is (from my point of view) meant as a discussion tool mainly. A blog post can serve to express some deep reflexion that takes some paragraphs to explain clearly.