Correct length for different things?

Discussion in 'Copywriting' started by aproxaday, Dec 26, 2011.

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    I am about to write a lot of things for my website that I will place on other sites for link building.

    I was wondering what is the recommended and maximum length for different types of texts.
    Things like:
    - Basic Article
    - Description in directory
    - Anchor Texts
    - Blog comment
    - Craigslist posting
    - etc.

    Thanks for your help!
     
    aproxaday, Dec 26, 2011 IP
  2. aproxaday

    aproxaday Member

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    Also is there a good software to manage different types of texts?
    Maybe give out a random text when I ask for it?
     
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    Yes, I heard that there is a software ....
     
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    can u say the name of that?
     
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    The average person who uses the Internet can be categorized as a surfer. Surfers on the Internet do not want education they just want information. Any article writer worth their salt must keep this in mind. Statistics have shown that the average Internet user does not spend more than 30 seconds per article they click. If that is the case, then the word count of between 400 and 600 fits perfectly. It would be enough to provide the information the reader wants, and also to hold their interest for the entire length of the article.
    Of course, there are exceptions to the rule. If your article is just a post on a blog, then it can be well below 400 words. On a blog post, you must not hog the page it is simple blog ethic. In that case, you must try to say what you want to within 150 to 200 words, not more. Only if you have something really illuminating to say, must you elaborate. You must think beforehand if the information you are providing on the blog is really substantial to take up space on that page or not.
    On the other hand, if you are writing an article on a website that purports to be like an encyclopedia, then you have the liberty to go much beyond 600 words. Encyclopedia owners would even accept articles of 1500 to 2000 words, since they would want all possible information on the article. When you are writing such a long article, it is better to splice the article into several sub-headings so that it becomes easy to read.


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