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How long should be my content?

by a1z277
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Good day to you all,

I've just started a new website and I've already published 2 articles so far, one of 1100 words and another of 750 words (of course they are useful, readable and not just spam).
My question is about how long should be it, 500 words? 800? 1000+? I want to outsource this kind of work to have more time doing another tasks such as finding good backlinks opportunities, etc.

I would like to know it and thank you very much in advance for helping me.

Best regards, success!
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  • Profile picture of the author travlinguy
    Originally Posted by a1z277 View Post

    Good day to you all,

    I've just started a new website and I've already published 2 articles so far, one of 1100 words and another of 750 words (of course they are useful, readable and not just spam).
    My question is about how long should be it, 500 words? 800? 1000+? I want to outsource this kind of work to have more time doing another tasks such as finding good backlinks opportunities, etc.

    I would like to know it and thank you very much in advance for helping me.

    Best regards, success!
    They should be long enough to make your point.
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    • Profile picture of the author a1z277
      Originally Posted by travlinguy View Post

      They should be long enough to make your point.
      Hello, thanks for your answer. I was referring more about how Google does see it in the meaning of content.
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by a1z277 View Post

        My question is about how long should be it, 500 words? 800? 1000+? I want to outsource this kind of work to have more time doing another tasks such as finding good backlinks opportunities, etc.
        With apologies for sounding disparaging, the fact that you regard "finding good backlinking opportunities" as more important, and the fact that you were referring, in asking about article length, to "how Google sees it", probably means that the answer isn't important or helpful to you, anyway, because it's not really a relevant question.

        You should be writing (or buying writing) for people, not for search engines.

        If your experiences are anything like those of 99% of beginning marketers, the more you concentrate on search engine traffic, the less chance you'll have to build a profitable business. Personally, I always suggest to people that they shouldn't put time and effort into trying to attract SEO traffic, for two main reasons: first, it's very precarious and makes your business Google-dependent, and any business that's Google-dependent is no more than one algorithm-change away from a potential accident (or even a potential disaster), as so many Warriors have been finding out over the last year or two, some of them to their very great cost; secondly, for me, search engine traffic has been uniformly (across every single niche represented in my business) the worst-converting traffic out of everything I've ever tried - search engine visitors to all my websites typically stay the least time, view the fewest pages, opt in the least often and actually buy anything by far the least often. I admit I do get tons of search engine traffic to all my main sites (because high rankings for multiple keywords happen to be a minor side-benefit of the main targeted traffic-generation method I use) but I'd hate to have to make a living just from that traffic.
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        • Profile picture of the author a1z277
          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

          With apologies for sounding disparaging, the fact that you regard "finding good backlinking opportunities" as more important, and the fact that you were referring, in asking about article length, to "how Google sees it", probably means that the answer isn't important or helpful to you, anyway, because it's not really a relevant question.

          You should be writing (or buying writing) for people, not for search engines.

          If your experiences are anything like those of 99% of beginning marketers, the more you concentrate on search engine traffic, the less chance you'll have to build a profitable business. Personally, I always suggest to people that they shouldn't put time and effort into trying to attract SEO traffic, for two main reasons: first, it's very precarious and makes your business Google-dependent, and any business that's Google-dependent is no more than one algorithm-change away from a potential accident (or even a potential disaster), as so many Warriors have been finding out over the last year or two, some of them to their very great cost; secondly, for me, search engine traffic has been uniformly (across every single niche represented in my business) the worst-converting traffic out of everything I've ever tried - search engine visitors to all my websites typically stay the least time, view the fewest pages, opt in the least often and actually buy anything by far the least often. I admit I do get tons of search engine traffic to all my main sites (because high rankings for multiple keywords happen to be a minor side-benefit of the main targeted traffic-generation method I use) but I'd hate to have to make a living just from that traffic.
          Thanks for your useful advice, I am working at SEO optimization because my site is monetized with Google Adsense and I want to buy the articles readable and engaging but as well useful for Google ranking.
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        • Profile picture of the author IM Inc
          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

          With apologies for sounding disparaging, the fact that you regard "finding good backlinking opportunities" as more important, and the fact that you were referring, in asking about article length, to "how Google sees it", probably means that the answer isn't important or helpful to you, anyway, because it's not really a relevant question.

          You should be writing (or buying writing) for people, not for search engines.

          If your experiences are anything like those of 99% of beginning marketers, the more you concentrate on search engine traffic, the less chance you'll have to build a profitable business. Personally, I always suggest to people that they shouldn't put time and effort into trying to attract SEO traffic, for two main reasons: first, it's very precarious and makes your business Google-dependent, and any business that's Google-dependent is no more than one algorithm-change away from a potential accident (or even a potential disaster), as so many Warriors have been finding out over the last year or two, some of them to their very great cost; secondly, for me, search engine traffic has been uniformly (across every single niche represented in my business) the worst-converting traffic out of everything I've ever tried - search engine visitors to all my websites typically stay the least time, view the fewest pages, opt in the least often and actually buy anything by far the least often. I admit I do get tons of search engine traffic to all my main sites (because high rankings for multiple keywords happen to be a minor side-benefit of the main targeted traffic-generation method I use) but I'd hate to have to make a living just from that traffic.
          again, more pearl of wisdom from Alexa...
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        • Profile picture of the author carlamae
          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

          With apologies for sounding disparaging, the fact that you regard "finding good backlinking opportunities" as more important, and the fact that you were referring, in asking about article length, to "how Google sees it", probably means that the answer isn't important or helpful to you, anyway, because it's not really a relevant question.

          You should be writing (or buying writing) for people, not for search engines.

          If your experiences are anything like those of 99% of beginning marketers, the more you concentrate on search engine traffic, the less chance you'll have to build a profitable business. Personally, I always suggest to people that they shouldn't put time and effort into trying to attract SEO traffic, for two main reasons: first, it's very precarious and makes your business Google-dependent, and any business that's Google-dependent is no more than one algorithm-change away from a potential accident (or even a potential disaster), as so many Warriors have been finding out over the last year or two, some of them to their very great cost; secondly, for me, search engine traffic has been uniformly (across every single niche represented in my business) the worst-converting traffic out of everything I've ever tried - search engine visitors to all my websites typically stay the least time, view the fewest pages, opt in the least often and actually buy anything by far the least often. I admit I do get tons of search engine traffic to all my main sites (because high rankings for multiple keywords happen to be a minor side-benefit of the main targeted traffic-generation method I use) but I'd hate to have to make a living just from that traffic.
          Alexa, do you think a person should abandon seo all together and focus on other sources or would you recommend keeping a blend of techniques, including seo, to drive traffic.
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      • Profile picture of the author Ghoster
        Originally Posted by a1z277 View Post

        Hello, thanks for your answer. I was referring more about how Google does see it in the meaning of content.
        He answered you. In order for your content to appear natural, it needs to be as long as it needs to be. No longer, no shorter.
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  • Profile picture of the author thedanbrown
    Your content should be long enough to get your point across. Keep in mind that longer is NOT better. Personally, I like content that is short, concise, and straight to the point. Im sure most people online feel the same way especially because the attention span now-a-days for content online is extremely short.
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    • Profile picture of the author Tsnyder
      Originally Posted by thedanbrown View Post

      Your content should be long enough to get your point across. Keep in mind that longer is NOT better. Personally, I like content that is short, concise, and straight to the point. Im sure most people online feel the same way especially because the attention span now-a-days for content online is extremely short.
      It's true tht longer is not better but it's also true that shorter is not better.

      What's best is long enough to make your point but short
      enough to maintain the reader's interest. This is why good
      writing isn't cheap.
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  • Profile picture of the author nicolas simpson
    i like 500 words - 800 words. However the amount of words should depends on if you fully explain/ make your point clear on the subject. Just as long as it remains interesting to the reader.
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  • Profile picture of the author laurencewins
    To give you an idea, most of my clients prefer articles of 500-700 words. However, I have also done quite a few 1000+ words as well.

    As has already been said, you don't want to bore your readers so don't make them too long, but they need to be long enough to be worth reading too.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheCodex
    Originally Posted by a1z277 View Post

    Good day to you all,

    I've just started a new website and I've already published 2 articles so far, one of 1100 words and another of 750 words (of course they are useful, readable and not just spam).
    My question is about how long should be it, 500 words? 800? 1000+? I want to outsource this kind of work to have more time doing another tasks such as finding good backlinks opportunities, etc.

    I would like to know it and thank you very much in advance for helping me.

    Best regards, success!
    I think that you might want to consider why you're writing the content? Are you writing content that your mother would proud of you writing? (I'm kidding, but it's really a good question to think about... Unless you're in the adult niche... ahem)

    Your content should be good enough to get people to come back to your site and it should be good enough that people honestly want to share it with each other without your prodding.

    Once you're writing in that mindset I think you'd agree that there's no real character limit. If you're writing about the constitutionality of civil tort reform as pertaining to immigrants with sanctuary statuses your word count will likely be higher than if you were telling your audience how many calories are in a Big Mac.
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  • Profile picture of the author keith88
    Originally Posted by a1z277 View Post

    Good day to you all,

    I've just started a new website and I've already published 2 articles so far, one of 1100 words and another of 750 words (of course they are useful, readable and not just spam).
    My question is about how long should be it, 500 words? 800? 1000+? I want to outsource this kind of work to have more time doing another tasks such as finding good backlinks opportunities, etc.

    I would like to know it and thank you very much in advance for helping me.

    Best regards, success!
    Long enough to get your point across. Long articles don't necessarily equal value!

    You can write a long article thats full of frickin' fluff or you can write an article thats short n sweet but full of great content.

    Many people are lazy as hell so they wont read the entire article anyway. They will just skim. I would make them short and sweet. Add pics and bullet points to make it easier to read.(and to drive your point home) Don't put up just anything on your site. Make sure its helpful to the user buddy.

    You will be fine!
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    • Profile picture of the author honestim
      I would suggest, forget about what you want to write or get written. Think about why the article is necessary to be on the world wide web? Put yourself in the shoes of a random surfer who is looking for the information that you share. Address the one problem that is there in his mind and lead him or her to resources that will help him and provide an awesome experience. Eventually your rankings, revenue, back links and all other aspects will be taken good care of as you will be solving some real problems of people that will spread the news about what you write in direct and indirect ways.

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  • Profile picture of the author drem
    Your content should be as long as possible to answer the question at hand. If your page is about teaching a dog to sit, make it as concise as possible. This may mean 300 words or 3000. Think of the reader and NOT the search engine.

    When you have completed your article, read it again and critique it. Does your article contain useless information and leave your visitors with the same amount of knowledge that they had before? If your article, however, answers the user's question adequately, you have the perfect article length.
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  • Profile picture of the author arghya139
    Simply put, the more the merrier
    At least spiders would appreciate a long and unique content
    But the minimum appreciable word limit depends on place
    Like description min 300 words, article 600 words, pr 1000 words etc
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    I generally keep my articles over 500 words long. But that doesn't necessarily mean that i'm going to get killer traffic the following day. Just keep the content full of value and high quality, promote it in the right way, and you will get good results from it.
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  • Profile picture of the author kbclickbank
    Hi, The articles on this blog vary dramatically: some are just 400 words long; others are nearly 3,000. I write my articles not to suit a word limit, but to do the topic justice. And for most of the time, following that approach that will be fine: there are only a couple of instances where word count matters.



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  • Profile picture of the author troy23
    I think your word count is fine.
    I used to post around 500 words, but now prefer to aim for around 1000+
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnnyG11k
    Nobody really knows to answer this question. Not even Google

    I'd say TEST for yourself. Marketing is nothing but testing. Tracking, testing, and adjusting. Then rinse and repeat.

    What good to ask others when you should just get out there and do your thing, as your inner voice tells you. Don't get encouraged nor discouraged about other people's opinions. Marketing - once again - is nothing but testing.

    Originally Posted by a1z277 View Post

    Good day to you all,

    I've just started a new website and I've already published 2 articles so far, one of 1100 words and another of 750 words (of course they are useful, readable and not just spam).
    My question is about how long should be it, 500 words? 800? 1000+? I want to outsource this kind of work to have more time doing another tasks such as finding good backlinks opportunities, etc.

    I would like to know it and thank you very much in advance for helping me.

    Best regards, success!
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  • Profile picture of the author TimothyTorrents
    There is no "perfect" word count for articles. Just write until you get your point across. Just remember, people have short attention spans. Make sure to include lots of helpful information that will intrigue your readers.
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  • Profile picture of the author BuyExpiredDomains
    I usually try to stay around 700 words. But if it takes more or less to make my point and I am satisfied with the article that is all that really counts.
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  • Profile picture of the author joansixx45
    For me it depends on the kind of content. If it's descriptive, and simple enough, then 300 to 500 words should be fine. If it's a tutorial, or teaching other people how to do stuff such as how to create a niche website, etc., then it should go anywhere between 800 to 1500 words, even longer for topics that involve many steps. If it's a comparative review, 1,000 to 1,200 words should be ok.
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  • Profile picture of the author laracoates28
    I like to keep my blog post around 500 words. But you can use as many words as you want until you make your point clear to your reader.
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  • Profile picture of the author anandspark
    If you are intending to rank for a keyword, it depends upon the difficulty level of ranking for particular keyword. If you are not able to get ranking for particular keyword than you can get edge over others with a long article of proper keyword density sometimes may be even 3000.
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