What is optimal Content Length of a Webpage?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by tcyonline, Jul 14, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hello,
    Can anyone tell me what will be the optimal content length of a web page for optimizing that page?
     
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  2. Canonical

    Canonical Well-Known Member

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    From an SEO perspective there really is none... Pages w/ 200-500 words can rank equally as well as pages w/ 1000-2000... and visa versa. The key is for them to remain focused on the topic and keyword phrase targeted in the <title>.

    From a usability perspective however there is a difference. If the page is really long then the likelihood of a visitor actually reading the whole thing is slim unless it is VERY well written and engaging. If it's too short, it likely will not give them enough of the information they are looking for.

    The ideal length is not necessarily a specific number of words. Instead, it should be long enough to give the user the appropriate level of detail about the targeted keyword phrase, yet short enough and written well enough to keep the user engaged and interested in reading the entire page.

    200-500 words is generally good enough for most topics... I sometimes will go to 700-1000, but usually no more than that. Any more than that and you likely should consider making multiple pages.
     
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    There is no optimal length, that would be crazy.

    People do get too hung up on the amount of words per page but it is going to depend on what you are writing about.

    I do not thing Google will read all of the really large pages as it is too intensive and instead can get the gist from the first few hundred words.

    If you want numbers 3-400 seems to be a popular figure. The larger content sites seem to split content over several pages to increase page views and revenue.

    My personal philosophy is to write what you think is suitable for your niche.
     
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  4. tcyonline

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    Hello Friends,
    I am still waiting for a quality answer with explanation for this thread.
     
    tcyonline, Aug 4, 2009 IP
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    I heard that ,on most search engines, like G the amount of text on the page usually isn’t usually a huge factor. However, Bing appears to really like pages with at least 300 words of text.
     
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    450-600 words are the best. But topic should be clear.
     
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    Those are quality answers .

    There's no optimal content length . But there's a minimal length .

    A site with only one or two lines of content is considered spam, and so, can't rank naturally ( I mean, no one will link to that sh** ) .
     
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    Canonical's answer is not only perfect answer it's the only answer.
     
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    And to think I was going to say "take off the SEO tinfoil hat and look at it from a copywriter's perspective -- the perfect length is when you have nothing else to add or take away". :cool:
     
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