One large content page or several smaller one

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Yoeld, Jul 20, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hi,

    My copyrighter provided me an excellent article of about 3000 words about a keyword set of my niche.

    I want to score high for these KW on Google.

    My question is:
    1. put the whole article in one long page or
    2. split the article in 3-4 pages.

    or maybe another suggestion?

    hanks.
     
    Yoeld, Jul 20, 2009 IP
  2. Canonical

    Canonical Well-Known Member

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    #2
    I would rather have 6-8 individual 375-500 word articles each targetting a different keyword phrase than to have one 3000 word article targetting 6-8 different keyword phrases. Then I can not only focus the content of each of those 6-8 pages on one keyword phrase... but I get a complete set of on-page SEO factors like <title>, <h1>, <h2>s, keyword rich URL, etc. for each of those pages that can also be focused on that same targetted keyword phrase.

    It's ALWAYS easier to make multiple pages each rank for a single keyword phrase than it is to make a single page rank for multiple keyword phrases.
     
    Canonical, Jul 20, 2009 IP
  3. thegreek

    thegreek Member

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    #3
    I would do the same: 4-500 word keyword specific pages.
     
    thegreek, Jul 20, 2009 IP
  4. printmatt

    printmatt Guest

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    #4
    Let say you submit this article in different article sites, example would be in Ezinearticles... Ezinearticles only accepts 2(or 3?) links in the body and 2 links in the resource box:

    Scenario 1: 3000 words in 1 article = 4 links total

    Scenario 2: 4 articles with roughly more than 500 words x 4 links = 16 links total
     
    printmatt, Jul 20, 2009 IP
  5. Yoeld

    Yoeld Peon

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    Sorry. Maybe I wasn't clear enough. The whole article is optimize for my keywords (something like for example "read english books"). If i split in 4 articles, all these articles are going to be with the same KW.

    Moreover, I need this content on my site and will not publish it on an article site.

    Thanks.
     
    Yoeld, Jul 20, 2009 IP
  6. JoinStation

    JoinStation Peon

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    #6
    The article should not longer than 500 words, the ideal one will be 400-500 words.
    That's the best model.
     
    JoinStation, Jul 20, 2009 IP
  7. stephen082

    stephen082 Active Member

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    If that complete article is targeting same keyword or keyword phrases you can use it on a single page. Google give high consideration to content rich page.
     
    stephen082, Jul 20, 2009 IP
  8. easywab

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    Unique content rich large pages with w3c complaint , with meta title tags .
     
    easywab, Jul 20, 2009 IP
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    ya...it is with meta title tags.
     
    JoinStation, Jul 22, 2009 IP
  10. pauliej21

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    300-500 words is optimal, anythign else is a waste of content in my mind.
     
    pauliej21, Jul 22, 2009 IP