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Length of an article?

Discussion in 'Copywriting' started by hitboy, Aug 9, 2008.

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  1. Michelle Michan

    Michelle Michan Banned

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    #21
    I have seen legibility is often sacrificed in behalf of... a casual writing style?

    At least I have found a dozen of long posts around here with no line breaks, punctuation and not even proper use of lower and uppercase such as

    "i live in the usa and, dont understand your point"
     
    Michelle Michan, Aug 11, 2008 IP
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    #22
    I agree that 350 to 500 words is a sufficient. Sometimes you can go a little bit longer, but you'd better make it interesting.
     
    RACER, Aug 23, 2008 IP
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    #23
    I think its 350 - 500 words. I always follow that pattern and have had no problems till date.
     
    Mezmer, Aug 29, 2008 IP
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    #24
    500 words is more than sufficient, quality is paramount though
     
    wateva, Aug 29, 2008 IP
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    #25
    250-300 words is best for ezinearticles.com
     
    JITU66, Aug 31, 2008 IP
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    #26
    When writing articles I aim to keep them between 300 and 500 words
     
    stuart2588, Aug 31, 2008 IP
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    #27
    I suggest an average,
    300 to 400 words in an article
     
    don fin, Aug 31, 2008 IP
  8. G-ranical

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    #28
    I generally try to write exactly like you said.

    Plus some pictures and video.

    Hit em early, hit em often is my motto. Try to shock/humour/interest right off the first sentence and keep building.
     
    G-ranical, Sep 2, 2008 IP
  9. nick2007

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    #29
    Every time I'm having the feeling an author is in hurry to sell his/her goods when I read a short article.
    My opinion is, ones less 1000 words should be called NOTES, not articles.
     
    nick2007, Sep 2, 2008 IP
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    #30
    It would be 350 words to 450 words per article.
     
    designervalley, Sep 3, 2008 IP
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    #31
    If you write an article of 500 or more words it will acceptable to all the directories which includes isnare.
     
    Yantra, Sep 3, 2008 IP
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    #32
    Try to shoot for an article of about 400 - 500 words. That makes it long enough to be of interest and worthy of a read but also short enough to not scare off anyone who scrolled down the page before they started reading. If you're consistently producing longer articles, maybe 800 - 1200 words for example, you should start to think about whether you can serialise it. Getting two or more articles out of one can clearly give you more to publish with the associated link benefits multiplied.
     
    peejaydee, Sep 9, 2008 IP
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    #33
    For me, it depends upon the topic and medium. Obviously, if you are writing on a complicated topic, then you are going to need more background. If it's something meant to be short and informative, then you can get right to the point.
     
    Grant Media, Sep 11, 2008 IP
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