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By: Ashley Orlowsky

Ashley Orlowsky — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:48:43 +0000

Thank your for the the great information.

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By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:31:36 +0000

Short, as I also advertise my products on both my Free and Commercial Blog its best you do not want your visitors to switch off as soon as they hit your page. Short and Sweet is the best for me and most :)

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By: Mario

Mario — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:45:51 +0000

I suck at writing. I always keep my post short. Also with 112 million blogs on the the internet, The attention span of the average visitor is short. Either way great post.

By: James Chartrand

James Chartrand — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:43:52 +0000

@Scheng – Well, SEO and me… I never wrote for SEO. By the time I figured out keywording, I was already a PR4 and climbing. So… me, I just write. :)

@Jacques – I’m much like you. If the content isn’t interesting enough to grip me, and I see I have a looong way to go before getting to the point, I’m gone. If I see a short post that rips me off and gives me nothing but 200 words, I’m gone. But a well-written post with good information that took thought to write? I’m so there.

@ Stephen and Stephen – You’ll have a hard time convincing me you weren’t influenced by the name bias… come come, now. Bring on another James or three, and we’ll have a competition! ;)

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James Chartrand — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:41:07 +0000

Oooh threaded comments. Just had to play with this for a minute… carry on :)

By: scheng1

scheng1 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:13:33 +0000

For the sake of seo, I would think that long post is better. However, lazy people like me much prefer to write short and sweet blog posts. Maybe when my blogs get more traffic, I can give a “discount” on the number of words per post

By: James Chartrand

James Chartrand — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:44:07 +0000

@ George – I’m not so sure I agree with that. Because if I read a post that said:

You should write the length of posts you feel is best.

…and nothing else… I would not stick around that blog very long at all.

But that’s just me :D

By: George Shegolev

George Shegolev — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:59:55 +0000

The whole magic is to make it as short as you can, people wanna read and acknowledge as fast as they can, its all about the time.

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By: Jacques//An1ken

Jacques//An1ken — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:20:24 +0000

A mistake I made when I started out writing was that I was caught up in a mindset that writers had to have long articles/posts in order to get somewhere. Of course that was my own mistake and I wasn’t doing enough reading to realize that. Somewhere along the line I noticed that if you had a short article that was straight to the point and packed with useful information you could benefit from it just as well as you could from a lengthy post.

One thing that I noticed myself was that I often discard long articles (1000 words+) and rather read shorter articles that don’t beat me around until they get to the point eventually. Although I discarded them I wrote lengthy articles myself but, the difference was that I had a article with 1500+ words but PACKED with eye catching useful information. Such as lists, links, graphics you name it.

My conclusion is that you can write a short post or a long post that isn’t the issue, its about the content that the post contains. Make it interesting and worth it and I will read it. Give me a few hundred lines of text I won’t read it.

Great Article, kept me interested from the get go.

Regards,
Jacques van Heerden
Creativeoverflow.net

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By: Stephen Tiano

Stephen Tiano — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:12:16 +0000

Stephen, I’m inclined to agree with you. And not because we have the same first name. I think the bloggers style and the material dictate how long a piece needs to run. There’s nothing more painful—well, I suppose there are a few things—than reading a piece that’s stretched out way beyond the point where it had something to say.

Even a too-short piece isn’t as bad. Sure a reader may be frustrated, left wanting more info on a topic, but the blogger can always come back with a second helping. Going on about nothing—well, Seinfeld got away with it; but that’s about it.