[jobless dude]

Not at all. Backlinks only play a game in my point of view.

[johnywalker]

Not at all. Backlinks only play a game in my point of view.

That's not correct. backlinks are important for traffic and search engine ranking, however, there are also other things that brings traffic. Search engines love long contents.

[jobless dude]

Not at all. Backlinks only play a game in my point of view.

That's not correct. backlinks are important for traffic and search engine ranking, however, there are also other things that brings traffic. Search engines love long contents.

Lol, then each and every guy who is uploading long contents should rank.
Quality Backlinks and Content only work in case of seo. If you rank better, obviously you will get more visitors.

[augusta]

It not about writing long article it about writing valuable content that will get on hook to your site. I personally don't like long articles. Just give me a good content.

[cmoneyspinner]

There is a tool. You will have to pay for it. It's called YOAST. It does help you write better SEO-friendly content. I have never purchased the service but I did or do write for sites that had or have this tool. It's really good.

[sofs]

Yoast is good, I thought it is free plugin that comes with wordpress sites. Correct me if I am wrong. With yoast you don''t need Grammarly or other tools. I usually write, format and post my articles, yoast throws the whole thing out of whack and I end up spending another hour or so tweaking the article. LOL that is my only grouse against yoast.

[anilmr]

There is a tool. You will have to pay for it. It's called YOAST. It does help you write better SEO-friendly content. I have never purchased the service but I did or do write for sites that had or have this tool. It's really good.

To be frank I haven't heard about YOAST. If it really helps in writing better SEO-friendly content, and if it does away with other tools like Grammarly, etc, then it is surely worth a try for those trying to attract plenty of traffic to their articles, even if it means spending some money.

[sofs]

There is a tool. You will have to pay for it. It's called YOAST. It does help you write better SEO-friendly content. I have never purchased the service but I did or do write for sites that had or have this tool. It's really good.

To be frank I haven't heard about YOAST. If it really helps in writing better SEO-friendly content, and if it does away with other tools like Grammarly, etc, then it is surely worth a try for those trying to attract plenty of traffic to their articles, even if it means spending some money.

It is really good. You've got to work hard on your article to get the green lights blinking showing that it is SEO optimized. It is a lot of work but worth the effort and at least you know where you stand in terms of content.

[cinderella]

Yoast is good, I thought it is free plugin that comes with wordpress sites. Correct me if I am wrong. With yoast you don''t need Grammarly or other tools. I usually write, format and post my articles, yoast throws the whole thing out of whack and I end up spending another hour or so tweaking the article. LOL that is my only grouse against yoast.

Yes, it's free for Wordpress.org bloggers, I guess. We can also upgrade. I am not sure with Bloggers.

[Joseph83]

Well, it may be good but don't forget that people don't normally like reading long articles.

[anilmr]

Well, it may be good but don't forget that people don't normally like reading long articles.

Yes, you are right - most of the blokes get repelled by an article which is too long for their liking, and that includes me too. Even I prefer to read an article which is short, concise and to-the-point, without any beating around the bush!

[raaman]

In today's hectic life, who got the time to read long articles?

[Joseph83]

I don't think so, personally i dont like long posts

[sofs]

It really doesn't matter whether we like long posts or not but google as of now loves long posts. I was just writing an article about writing and mentioned the same things there ( keep it short and crisp), but when you SEO short articles it looks like keyword stuffing. That is one reason you need to post longer articles and make the SEO seem natural.

[raaman]

google as of now loves long posts.

Google may love so many things to make millions. My point is that in today's fast paced life where fast foods like burger and pizza rules the roost, where is the time to read long articles?

[katkat]

i am still looking for a short and concise article. I am not into reading a long article. When I see it's long I lost interest even if I am interested on the subject. Unless of course that I needed something from the article.

[Joseph83]

google as of now loves long posts.

Google may love so many things to make millions. My point is that in today's fast paced life where fast foods like burger and pizza rules the roost, where is the time to read long articles?

That's just it , no time to read long article .

[Love_to_sleep]

I have read that that Google and other search engines give preference to longer, comprehensive articles as compared to shorter articles. Also research by serpIQ, which analyzed top 10 results for over 20,000 keywords came to the conclusion that Google ranks content that have more than 2,000 words better than content with fewer words. have you ever given it a thought?

Hi

There are multiple points to be made here


First, length is relative. There is no well accepted definition of long OR short article. What is long for you may not be long for me. Some people write 600 - 800 word long article as a practice while some use 1000 - 2500 word limit while some conservatives don’t go beyond 450 words.

It depends on personal writing style and cannot be generalised.

Secondly, Search engines evolve over time. The algorithms don’t remain constant. Whatever was the best practice 15 year ago may have been turned obsolete today. It may not have been. We don’t know.

The problem is that if you hire 10 SEO experts, they go on debate with each other. There is no consensus.

Thirdly, the right strategy is beyond SEO. Most articles cater to niche. That niche is decided by who your audience is. You need to create interactive content. Someone who is reading your article, catering to the niche you chose, may be so overwhelmed by what you wrote and feels like visiting the blog again and again. He may even subscribe to your blog. Let him do that. Word of Mouth spreads faster than any SEO.

Now, the length of your article depends on your niche and can be termed independent to what Search engines feel.

Last but not the least, the world is moving fast. The articles are getting replaced by videos for most of the niches. Blogs are changing and content is traversing over motion pictures. In fact, even today some of the most successful blogs who earn 1000+ Dollars are focused on webinars and use embedded videos to market them.

Considering all these points, there is no hard and fast norm.

[Angie10]

When I've been doing my research, that's what the so-called blogging experts have said 1 000+ word articles are best. But then when I speak to the readers they say the exact opposite! The readers I've sounded out say long articles BORE them to tears. So what are we to do

[ptrikha21]

I have read that that Google and other search engines give preference to longer, comprehensive articles as compared to shorter articles. Also research by serpIQ, which analyzed top 10 results for over 20,000 keywords came to the conclusion that Google ranks content that have more than 2,000 words better than content with fewer words. have you ever given it a thought?

I think Google and other search engines would look at kind of content, content quality and keywords.
Length could be a factor sometimes but not as a thumb of rule.