is the secret to ranking 1st page on google longer articles? prove inside

by igg

Posted: 11 years ago 14 replies

I read a very interesting article on quicksprout that analyzed 20,000 keywords on google and statistically calculated the length of the articles on the 1st page ranking and found a trend. What the conclusion said was that longer articles tended to be ranked higher; what are your personal opinions on that ? here is the link How Content Length Affects Rankings and Conversions

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aizaku 11 years ago

That all depends on the keyword you are targeting and the amount of competition. Also, the level you are providing. depending on your topic, "the value" you provide might be best served short and sweet; or long and detailed.
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- alexnob 11 years ago
  
  I'm personally not keen on too lengthy article (over 1000), so I suspect if this method really help?? Over 2000 words and hope our readers will read all of them?
  
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AlexandraMarch Banned 11 years ago

I think the lenght of the article hs very little to do with it. You can have a short article with valuable content that ranks higher than a longer, boring one.

Ranking depends on many factors, so I find it hard to believe that writing longer articles really makes that much of a difference.
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terryd 11 years ago

Well you can rank without basically any content on a page so article length can't be a factor. On page SEO and incoming links would have much more to do with ranking. Conversions on the other hand , that would be a completely different story...
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online only 11 years ago

Here will be a lot of different opinions, but I just love to write long and juicy content. And it works well for me - I'm getting good rankings with little effort (little bit of outreaching).

When I'm writing informative posts/how-to's or somesort of research threads then I won't satisfy with content less than 1000 words. Some of my articles go even 2000+ and people like to read it since I'm getting good feedback.
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squadron 11 years ago

That may be true (all things being equal), but one good backlink will make up for shorter content.
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yukon Banned 11 years ago

That's the dumbest idea I've read all week, then again it's only Mon. AM.
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- zannix 11 years ago
  
  Article length has very little (if any) to do with your rankings. The reason is simple. Imagine someone types in a keyword "how fast should I run". Would you rather see a longass 20k words article about it, or a web form calculator which lets you insert data and generates an answer for you?
  
  Keep in mind that the latter has hardly any content, yet it's way more useful for the visitors.
  
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johnben1444 11 years ago

Funny enough you are very correct, the length of article plays a role not because of the content but various other factors taken into serious consideration.

We did this research with my former mentor and behold it holds water.
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RobinInTexas 11 years ago

We take only one example of a test and come up with several opinions based on hearsay and anecdotal evidence. My gut opinion tells me that we should take a close look at the middle something between short, the 400 word minimum set by the article directories seems to have set a low bar. I looked at one article at Slate that was split at around 800 words maybe that is arbitrary or has some informed logic behind it.

I think short might be ok in some cases but my thinking is that the 800-1000 word range might work better, but in the end valuable content and reader involvement is king.
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MikeFriedman 11 years ago

Most of you will be happy to know that size doesn't matter.
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- Kevin Maguire 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by MikeFriedman
  
  Most of you will be happy to know that size doesn't matter.
  
  LMAO
  
  OP
  A dip of 10000 keywords is a very small sample to come to any sort of reputable conclusion on the subject.
  It's like the day I saw a flying Donkey. And concluded that, all Donkeys could fly.
  
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  SEO Eddie 11 years ago
  
  To be honest, I have found it easier to rank articles of 2000 + words, so I do think there is something in it.
  
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Sunny M 11 years ago

Yes, there are many ranking factors and you have to meet the bare minimum for these factors. Now, one may do well in one of the factors and that can compensate a bit for the other factor.
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