Comments on: Are Short Blog Posts Okay for SEO? (Reader Questions Series)

By: Matt Hayden

Matt Hayden — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:29:40 +0000

I know that people have different motivations when writing blog posts, and that will influence their average blog post length. For example, they might want to keep their subscribers returning often. In that case, short posts every day would be the best option.

But if you want to appear higher in the SERPs, I think writing longer posts is the way to go. They do tend to rank a bit better generally. Also, they are more likely to attract backlinks, which is of course very helpful in this regard.

By: Jordy

Jordy — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:16:48 +0000

I’ve recently begun to optimize my wordpress images with a detailed description. I’d say about one hundred to one fifty words.

Did you know you can add HTML to the image description?

Well, the short descriptions on those image pages always rank high in the SERPS.

I just started doing this so I don’t know if Google will eventually pull them out of the organic results or not.

By: Chet

Chet — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:40:59 +0000

Found your blog by searching for the answer to this blog post length question. It is easier for me to write multiple shorter posts. Still thinking about this but this post was helpful, thank you.