@ welkin - I guess you are writer and just wish to know what is the right no. of words which will not make a client flip in case he's ordered 500 words? If the article is SEOed (that is to say, if one or more keywords have been used couple of times trying to reach a minimum/maximum or optimum keyword density), then making the article longer can have an adverse effect - at least as far as the client's optimizing efforts are concerned. Other than that, most clients would be all too happy to receive extra words. Hope this helps.
it's the total no. or words in the article... (including , in, to, the, for etc...) remember it is not the total no. of Characters...!! people get confused between No. of Words and No. of Characters while writing in Microsoft word doc. because they are given together up & down. Thanks pari
I'll request Microsoft to put them side by side as opposed to up & down. Neither does a dedicated writer bothers to count the number of words in an article, nor does a dedicated client. A typical 500 words article written by me can vary from 475 words to 575 words. If more words are required to do justice to the article, I state that to the client and generally get their approval.
It depends. Too much content with lengthy words might bored your readers. Unless you can grab the readers' attention to read more.. then it might be good.
No problems at all as long as both you and the other party are happy. In fact he might be pleased that he got more for his money.
I think some of the confusion stems from the way typing speed is calculated. Words per minute is calculated using five keystrokes as a word and not actual words.
I don't think there's a problem with articles longer than 500-600 words, but you risk losing the reader. Also, if your aim is backlinks keep in mind that two 300-400 word articles help far more than one longer article. Good luck! Stephanie