What is the minimum number of words are required to make a post in a blog

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    What is the minimum number of words are required to make a post in a blog so that it could be easily searched into search engine.
     
    siddharthasinha, Apr 10, 2011 IP
  2. fernades

    fernades Member

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    Less words always results to less traffic from SE. But if you post some articles with less words with good quality then the result will be too good.
     
    fernades, Apr 11, 2011 IP
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    ~kev~ Well-Known Member

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    I like to keep my post at least 250 words, with 750 being more along the target line.

    Some of my post are in the 1,200 - 1,500 word range, but those can take 1 - 2 hours to write. If I just want to make a quick post, 250 - 500 words seems like a good target for my content.

    A lot of it has to do with the attention span of your readers, and their level of education. Someone that is college educated might be more inclined to read a longer post, then say a high school drop out.
     
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  4. DjALex

    DjALex Greenhorn

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    Blog is your private area, you can post 10, 000 words and 10 words.
     
    DjALex, Apr 11, 2011 IP
  5. siddharthasinha

    siddharthasinha Greenhorn

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    I hope 500 words and more would be good to make the blog into good ranking.
     
    siddharthasinha, Apr 11, 2011 IP
  6. ruletheworld

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    So you are only looking for the search engine rankings? If I were you, I would spend a lot more time trying to improve my grammar and topics I choose to write.
    If you are only writing for search engines, though, 500 words is good enough. Then again, 300 can be as good.
     
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  7. revenueshare

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    It is your blog, do what you like. But if you need long tails keywords, it is good to write more words.

    For instance, if you made 2 blogposts. One sentence on one of the post is "make money online", and another sentence on another post is "easy way on how to make money online". If someone is searching for "easy money online", the second blogpost would show first before the first post because the query keywords are in the 2nd post (or the 2nd post is more relevant than the 1st post)
     
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    The longer the better usually, but you need to target certain words you want as well. Usually I like to target long-tail with content. Especially since shorter/general terms are also harder to rank for.
     
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    rain21 Active Member

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    more than 200 words. when your blog post is too long, most people dont like to read. How ever 200+ words are good.
     
    rain21, Apr 12, 2011 IP
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    a 500-650 words post is quite decent.
     
    bekar09, Apr 12, 2011 IP
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    I think a minimum of 200 words are required for a good post with quality content...
     
    EnvironmentAbout, Apr 12, 2011 IP
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    250-350 words in range is ideal for a short post. There are blogs I read, they post less than 100 words. Very disappointing.
     
    ParentingCoachLisa, Apr 12, 2011 IP
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    Its not important that - how much number of words to make a post in blog so that it could be easily searched into search engine , as far as if you have Unique & Quality contents which is more important.Because Google loves Unique contents always :)
     
    iSamurai, Apr 12, 2011 IP
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    Only one word is needed to publish a Blog.An empty blog can't publish. But what is the use of it ?
    If you are a Blogger or like to being a blogger then write t least 250 word in your post that includes your keywords, hence you can receive good traffic to your Blog.
     
    hsbkondotty, Apr 20, 2011 IP
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    The minimum blog words should be between 300 to 500...This is perfect!!..dont use less than 300
     
    iamabhi, Apr 22, 2011 IP
  16. siddharthasinha

    siddharthasinha Greenhorn

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    thanks for the info so the minimum word for writing the blog is 500 words which emerged through the conclusion
     
    siddharthasinha, Apr 22, 2011 IP
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    I usually write between 1100 and 2000 word per post, but I think that anything over 550 is good for search engines.
    Usually the longer your post is and the more you stick to your topic thoughout the article, the better it will rank without having
    to builf backlinks to it.
     
    Wulkanen, Apr 22, 2011 IP
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    250 words at minimum. but really it isn't about how long ur post it. it's about ur keyword density and on-page seo that matters to rank better on search engines.
     
    spacesuiter, May 9, 2011 IP
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    250 words is the minimum that you should be going for - this gets me good results. Depends whether you're writing for the Search Engines or for people As the last poster said, 400/500 words is good for people - shouldn't be any more unless you're writing a feature.
     
    wahyu121, May 20, 2011 IP
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    Your post should be minimum of 500 words..
     
    developer619, May 20, 2011 IP