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Why Shorter Is Better When It Comes To Blog Posts

Discussion in 'Blogging' started by michaelpowers, Feb 8, 2011.

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What kind of blog do you create?

  1. Splog (aka spam blog written for search engines and traffic and not people)

    11.8%
  2. Blog (written for people to read instead of just trying to generate pure traffic)

    88.2%
  1. HELMI4EVER

    HELMI4EVER Well-Known Member

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    #41
    Blog (written for people to read instead of just trying to generate pure traffic) ;)
     
    HELMI4EVER, Feb 23, 2011 IP
  2. michaelpowers

    michaelpowers Peon

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    #42
    Haha - that's an idea. Starting each blog post with a poll or question to the readers that gets a debate going. I like it :)
     
    michaelpowers, Feb 27, 2011 IP
  3. michaelpowers

    michaelpowers Peon

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    #43
    Glad to hear you write for people HELMI4EVER.
     
    michaelpowers, Feb 27, 2011 IP
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    Dodger Peon

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    #44
    Anything besides another top ten list will get my vote.
     
    Dodger, Feb 28, 2011 IP
  5. michaelpowers

    michaelpowers Peon

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    #45
    Fair enough. I guess top ten posts are a bit over done lately? I still like reading them though.
     
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    Dodger Peon

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    #46
    I don't mind some lists. Depends on who is writing them. But now everybody uses them, and they write them without much thought.
     
    Dodger, Feb 28, 2011 IP
  7. michaelpowers

    michaelpowers Peon

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    #47
    Fair enough. Everyone is doing it because they've been told it will generate traffic for their blog :)
     
    michaelpowers, Feb 28, 2011 IP
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    vnsmith Peon

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    #48
    As much as possible, I try to make sure that my posts are short but have all necessary contents my readers should know. for that matter, my readers wont be bored on reading lengthy post with one same ideas.
     
    vnsmith, Mar 2, 2011 IP
  9. michaelpowers

    michaelpowers Peon

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    #49
    That's good to hear vnsmith. I understand that from time to time you have to make a blog post that is slightly longer to get all the details out.
     
    michaelpowers, Mar 4, 2011 IP
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    dojodesign Well-Known Member

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    #50
    I've written short posts, I've written some longer ones. I don't believe in making an article short just for the sake of it, not making it longer unnaturally. If I have a lot of stuff to say, yes, the article will be longer. If it's just a tidbit of information, it will be short. I care about carrying my point across more than some rules others invented. You need to share ideas and information, not count your words.
     
    dojodesign, Mar 5, 2011 IP
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    Red Kite Peon

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    #51
    I think you should definitely write for people rather than search engines. If you write for search engines, you may get more visitors in the short term, but they definitely won't stick around once they see that your site is no good.

    However, if you write for people, then they may end up following your blog, recommending it to other people, linking to it, or they might leave a comment and add to your content. In the long term it's the way to go.

    I don't think it really matters if the posts are short or long, so long as they are concise and well written. I know there are a lot of these 'top 10 posts', but I'm usually tempted to click in these, so I think they are a good idea now and then.
     
    Red Kite, Mar 5, 2011 IP
  12. rain21

    rain21 Active Member

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    #52
    I also believe that shorter blog posts are more better, because of that I write all my blog posts between 200-400 words.
     
    rain21, Mar 8, 2011 IP
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    pradiprg Active Member

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    #53
    What long and short? It should be interesting and giving the desired information to reader. You will find both types of comments on blog post. some would like to have it enlarged, while some prefer to have it shorter. It is not possible to satisfy everybody everytime. It is better the writer should decided about its length, content and everything related to it.
     
    pradiprg, Mar 10, 2011 IP
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    #54
    More people have less time and less people have more time. Short length posts will attract people having less time but it doesn't mean that visitors with more time will not go through your post.
     
    otjutt, Mar 10, 2011 IP
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    #55
    The blogs must be short and good content is like a blessing to it.
     
    Banners Mall, Mar 14, 2011 IP
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    Seqqa Well-Known Member

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    #56
    You own a blog... why not communicate and ask your readers what they want instead of all this guess work. You may find that they like long detailed blog posts about the niche that you are in but you'll never know untill you start researching who your readers really are.
     
    Seqqa, Mar 14, 2011 IP