A lot of digital content marketers online have their meaning to what long-form content means and how it works or even how to set it up effectively.

In some quarters in the digital marketing space, engaging in the long-form content practice is regarded as a kind of gamble that might favor you or just be a perfect waste of time. In some other quarters producing longer articles is an excellent medium to build engagement with readers and give them authentic value and rewarding experience.

Things you’ll learn from this tutorial include:

  • What is long-form content?
  • Why does long-form content work?
  • How does long-form content affect SEO?
  • How to create high-quality long-form content

What Is Long-Form Content?

In our age of clip thinking and multitasking, most marketers have long accepted the axiom that concise content is the best way to convey information. People are constantly busy, so you have to be short in order to keep their attention and not take a lot of time. However, when it comes to attracting organic traffic and ranking search engine content, this point of view no longer seems unambiguously true.

Yes, short texts are still in demand, but the demand for so-called long-reads is growing on the Web - long articles: such content, as a rule, has preferences in search engines (specifically, in Google).

Since blogs have become a common source of information, there has also been increased competition for audience attention. And gaining high positions in search results has become an important aspect of this competition. Therefore, although long reads require more time and effort, it is worth it. Let’s figure out why.



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JulietAA Premium
Thanks Israel
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Israel17 Premium
Thanks for stopping by, Juliet! Glad you enjoyed reading this training! Implement the long-form content strategy and take your blogging game to the next level in no distant time. Thanks for stopping by!

Israel Olatunji
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CathyAllen Premium
You gave me cool new ideas. Thank you!
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Israel17 Premium
Good to know, Cathy! Nice welcoming you onboard! I hope implementing the long-form content strategy will help improve your blog traffic in no distant time. Thanks for stopping by!

Israel Olatunji
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Dhind1 Premium Plus
It is a great idea to combine and rework older posts into a new updated post and then link back to the original posts.

Thanks
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Israel17 Premium
Exactly, Alex! Thanks for your valuable contributions and ideas! Combining older posts into a newly updated one can help boost your traffic 3 times over and this is one of the ways to explore the long-form strategy for your blog. Thanks for reading!

Israel Olatunji
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timstime20 Premium
Great post
Very nicely written and very informative
My indexed posts that are starting to rank all have higher content of information
Only specific product reviews indexed are of less words
Learning fro m you with every post so Thanks Israel, I appreciate it
TIM
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Israel17 Premium
Glad to be of help, my friend, Tim! You're equally deeply appreciated for your contributions and reading!

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Feochadan Premium Plus
Hiya! Love this post and it’s definitely given me some ideas - THANK YOU. I have a question though and that is if you are combining several older posts into one, won’t this create duplicate content?
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DaveSw Premium
I would make some changes to the post where you combine older content, and perhaps even cite the older article (with an internal link)...

This way you are creating new content, adding to the SEO angle and updating readers on what the current state of the subject might be...and you will not get dinged for duplicate content...

Cheers!
Dave : )
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Israel17 Premium
Thanks for stopping by, my friend, Feochadan! Thanks to Dave! He already got you covered! He has spoken my mind exactly on the right thing to do ensure you come out absolutely unique while trying to mingle several old posts into one. If you need further help on this, do not hesitate to let me know about it.

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Israel17 Premium
Thanks for your help and contribution, Dave! You spoke my mind exactly! Special thanks, my friend! See you at the top soon!

Israel Olatunji
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DaveSw Premium
No problems, Israel! Cheers! Dave : )
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