Earn Money Online: Blog Post - What should be the length

Thursday 29 November 2012

Blog Post - What should be the length

In this blog post I will give you some blogging tips about the length of the blog post. There are several important factors which should be kept in mind while writing a blog post. And the length of the post is one of the important factors for optimizing SEO.

The expert blog writers are of the opinion that 350 to 500 words are ideal for a blog post. A bit of research on 'how to blog' and 'blogging tips' will let you know about this fact.

But why should a blog post be written within 350 to 500 words?

Remember, a visitor searches the internet for specific information on a certain topic or subject. They are in a hurry to find some facts quickly on a subject / topic, but they don't want elaborate details or broad explanations. Your information should be to the point and you should discard all the words that bears less relevance to the subject. 'Brevity' is the word, and you should follow it strictly.

The visitors would have bought a book on that subject if they wanted all the details and entire aspects of the subject. There's a difference between a blog post and a book. You should understand this.

Too short a blog below 250 words is not a good enough length where you can convey all your information on the subject matter.

A blog too big of more than 1000 words would become boring and make the readers impatient and they will click away from your site. Enthusiasm and passion can get you carried away, and you may churn out thousands of words happily, but you will feel despondent when few readers read it.

Optimizing SEO - the length matters

I will give you some blogging tips on how to blog effectively, keeping your blog post within the word limits.

First, jot down the keywords and focus terms of the article that you are going to produce. The keywords and backlinks should be impregnated throughout the blog, to get it noticed by the search engines.
Then, jot down the points you wish to convey to your readers. Try to add some unique points in your blog, which readers won't get anywhere. If you can do this, readers will come back to your site again and again for fresh ideas.
Plan the different sections of the blog post - like sub titles, introduction, body and conclusions.
Now, start writing the blog post keeping the above points in mind. Don't get carried away while writing and stick to the essentials of the subject matter. If it becomes too big with too many words, contemplate on splitting the blog post into more articles than one, and make a series.