After doing some searching for my posts online, except for one review that was at the top of page 1, I couldn’t find any of my posts closer than page 4. They’re all at least 1000 words. If you want to compete with the authority sites then you will need longer posts. Just sayin.
Grant

This will sound nuts.. but make the blog as long as it needs to be.

So before creating content, i would check out the results that currently rank for the keyword and see what kind of posts are ranking. if a 500 word post is ranking, i would shoot for a 1000.

if a 1000 word post is ranking, i would go for 2000+.

Just one up the currently ranking results.

Do not be overly wordy, just provide more value and write something that deserves to be number one!

for example, my last blog post was nearly 6000 words long. (https://benjisdad.com/affiliate-marketing-blogging-tips)

my target keyword is 'blogging tips'. the 2nd ranked listing has 3000 words. So I want to make the bar so high, that no one can eventually one up me!

SO i hope you see the point i am trying to make.

all that said, always make yuor writing interesting, no one likes a boring read if it is 500 words or 10,000.

It all is about the quality of the blog.
Usually the first paragragh tells it all- whether you are going to read it, or not. If the subject is of interest to you, and if it's well-written, with no text placed just to fill the space,the length doesn't really matter. There's a recommendation to write about 1000 words because shorter blogs can hardly cover the subject of your writing in all detail.Though I have shorter blogs, too.It all depends on the purpose of writing.:)

Hi
I considered this same subject quite recently....I was in the process of writing a 400+ piece for my blog when my teenage son peered over my shoulder asking: "isn't that boring who's going to read that?"

I was quite please with myself because this was the longest piece of writing so far.

Anyway before I'm accused of writing too much, my son's question made me think....my answer is that I will mix and match long with short pieces of writing.

Furthermore, after making sure all my keywords are in place...it all boils down to the interest of the reader....I place a flew inked (affiliate) words and picture that readers can click on if they get too bored.

Hope this helps

You need to write as much as is needed to get all the salient points across in a friendly manner.

You are trying to gain the trust of your readers and so you need to show that you know what you are talking about.

I think that you could find any subject you are not interested in, boring, even in 100 words.

You need to engage your audience by making your articles interesting.

Derek

well written blogs are not too long.

many great answers already, but one thing I would like to point out is that research shows people usually do not read all your content - they first of all scan it. So the layout, relevant images, headlines, spacing etc. are all important to keep the attention of users.

Even the best written blogs will often mostly be scanned, and if you have long but great content you will still have people on your site longer as they can see it is thorough.

Mikael

On my site, around 1,000 to 1,200 or until I've said what I want to get across seems to be about right.

Here, at WA yes they tend to be way too long. Short and sweet would be better -- maybe 500 to 700 words would be enough. Some of the responses to this question are too long.

I have been against this whole movement of writing long-form content (LFC) simply on the basis of some arbitrarily-defined number declared by the latest guru who is trying to use it to lure you onto their list. It's too academic to tell people to write X amount of words because it ranks better.

Too many bloggers don't write well. Therefore, telling them they need to write thesis-length articles causes them to fluff up their content they publish on the web. No one is served by this practice.

Having said this, there are reasons to create long-form content. But, again, it should not be purely academic. In other words, when it makes sense to write LFC then bloggers should do it. Yes, people do read well-written, well-researched articles when they are looking for deep insight into a topic. But, skimmers will only read the first couple of paragraphs and by definition, skim the rest.

Tutorials are prime candidates for LFC, by the way. It would be unlikely that any blogger could come up with an in-depth tutorial in under 500 words.

I always tell people to write only as much as it takes to get your point across and nothing more. If you have more insight to add later, as you get better as a writer, then it becomes a great opportunity to repurpose your content, which is something we should be doing anyway.

This is just my two cents on the issue.
Best Regards,
Jim

You have raised an important question.

The way people write certain blogs is what is boring. The main thing is to learn how to make your blogs interesting (as illustrated in lessons) but writing up to the length recommended in the training.

In terms of writing for SEO, our blogs have to be long. This helps us get traffic in the end. It may take some time, but it is worth waiting for because it pays off in the end.

I think part of the reason many people feel that blog posts should be short is that up until recently, that's what we were conditioned to believe and expect. But, as more people began writing longer posts for the simple reason that more needed to be said on a particular topic, the idea of writing detailed and in-depth posts started to catch on. As such, the popularity of longer posts got the attention of Google and in turn, they made longer well-written, and compelling copy a rating factor. The flip-side of this is if you write for Google, you're not doing your readers any favors. You've probably heard you should write for your readers first, Google second. So, my point is that as long as you create content that caters to your reader's interests and solves a problem and/or answers a question, you're on the right track. Hope this helps.