Comments on: How Long Should a Blog Post Be?

By: Rob Clayton

Rob Clayton — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:54:07 +0000

“My answer: As short or as long as it takes to say what you need to say.” Could not agree more – say what you need to say and forget about how it looks or how it will be seen. Focus on the substance.

Great post – hope bloggers follw your advice.

By: Dan DeRoeck

Dan DeRoeck — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:15:17 +0000

This is a great post (and like Miriam mentioned, just the right length!).

I also tend to think we get too hung up on how long a post should be. Granted, the longer posts provide more potential keywords. Nevertheless, every word on your site is a potential keyword and it doesn’t matter if it’s 150 or 1000 words in that respect.

Also, don’t forget, the shorter posts are a fantastic way of providing internal links back to your main content by simply providing another angle of the topic.

Dan

By: MiriamEllis

MiriamEllis — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:18:39 +0000

Lovely post, Matt (and, hey, good length!). I think insecurity often makes people desire to have hard and fast rules to go by, but your suggestion that they think of blog posts along the lines of a conversation, something natural, is right on! Nice way to put it.

By: LynnetteR

LynnetteR — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:00:48 +0000

I followed your link to Glen’s site and found both articles to be valuable. We are just starting out with our blog and are often asked the question of how long a post should be. I am going to take this and share it with my team.

By: Mick Johnson

Mick Johnson — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:45:45 +0000

Totally agree Matt. There is no ‘good’ length for a blog, it needs to be as long as it needs to be. One slightly annoying thing (but not the end of the world) is having to read through a lot of waffle to reach the main point of an article – that said, if you enjoy the writing style of the blogger, sometimes half of the enjoyment is in the reading, not the topic, or is that just me!!