Been a while
I have not been able to engage others for a few days. I have answered some questions but I have been working on my keywords and taking a second look at my content quality.
I know you can mess up your rankings changing posts, but I didn't change much at all. I mostly just added to them. I had some posts with only 300 words, so I researched for more quality content to add to them.
I built my first site while going through the certification courses, so I did not know that we needed to have our posts with 500 to 1,000+ words. Most of mine are around 750 words now.
I am going to be still working on my sites, adding some more posts, and be researching. Just chugging along.
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I am starting to put one and a half posts into one post, to keep the viewer interested.
I read one post I wrote a few months ago, a long post, and when I read back over it I nearly fell asleep. It got me thinking about keeping people awake
I know google likes longer posts but readers often don't. Too long and I switch off so it's a fine line between pleasing google and your readers. I think 750 is fine. If you get your message across in that many words, why ramble about nothing.
With Grace and Gratitude
Karen
Hi, Karen
Yes! Many people, these days, have short attention spans or are very busy. Short and to the point, with more frequency, seems to have gotten me right here. I liked what I saw!
Barb
Karen, what does 750 words look like in written form. 3 pages??
I typed out a full page, today, tried to count the words... waste of good time!!
I use site content editor which shows you the word count. 750 at a guesstimate with no images is about 3/4 of a page so one scroll below the fold. The fold is what people see on their screen before needing to scroll down.
If you write it in Wordpress itself that tell you your word count at the bottom too.
Hope this helps.
With Grace and Gratitude
Karen
By the way, end of first week, and I don't much care about the number! I just write, until I've finished my thoughts...amazed at how time flies!
Good idea Mike...it seems that Google much prefers longer posts now according to the latest algorithms.
Hello Mike, I think that is the thing about websites, they are never finished. The important thing is to keep reviewing and adjusting what you have already posted.
Keep going at it Mike. It sounds like you are definitely steering in the right direction. Increasing your word count on your blogs is definitely a good thing as far as SEO is concerned.
Jerome
Awesome work. The training teaches us so much. I learn something new every day. Keep up the awesome work.
Hi, Mike! I've been off the grid for the last week, but am encouraged to get back, now that this last full moon chaos has passed.
I had now idea about the size of a post. I've kept mine rather short.
I find that unless I'm really interested, with so many posts to read, where's the time, to read them all.
Hmm...You given me more good info. Had no idea about posts and rating, though I'm not finished with my certification training.
Thank you. Yes! Keep up the good work!
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Great to hear and it is all a big learning curve my friend
Paul