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Q1. What should be an Ideal length of an article/blogpost?
Q2. If an article has only 800 to 900 words, and it is filled with quality but on the another hand the same article has written in 3000 words with no value by adding unnecessary things to just increase word count. Which one has the more importance?
Q.3 There are some blogs that contains few content but they have quality images in their blogpost. For example a Fashion blog has more pics than the content. Then on what basis it will rank.
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Q1. What should be an Ideal length of an article/blogpost?
There is no ideal length of an article in my opinion because it depends on the topic. If a topic requires only 400 words to define then it’s well enough. On the contrary, few topics might need 1000 words to define then its fine as well.
Moreover, minimum 600 words article is good enough.
Q2.If an article has only 800 to 900 words, and it is filled with quality but on the another hand the same article has written in 3000 words with no value by adding unnecessary things to just increase word count. Which one has the more importance?
Suppose I am finding a solution for something and I get 2 articles one with 350 words and one with 1000 words then I will more likely to read the shorter one first to make sure that if it has the correct solution then I won’t need to read that long article.
This means people tend take smaller articles into consideration when they are searching for some quick solutions.
No use if you are just writing 3000 words to increase the count of words. The important thing is to present the required information in a straight forward and clear way.
So the answer is 800-900 words article will have more importance than a 3000 words article (which is full of unnecessary things) because it is straight forward and filled with enough information about the subject.
Q.3 There are some blogs that contains few content but they have quality images in their blogpost. For example a Fashion blog has more pics than the content. Then on what basis it will rank.
Images based websites always keep Image optimization in their mind so that their images can rank well in Google Image search and if it comes to web search then even they have few content on the pages but they are enough for this kind of website. They also, put well written Meta title, Meta Description and keep good URL structure in order to make their site rank.
Apart from these things, building some quality links always help them rank well in Google and other search engines.
Q1. What should be an Ideal length of an article/blogpost?
Q2. If an article has only 800 to 900 words, and it is filled with quality but on the another hand the same article has written in 3000 words with no value by adding unnecessary things to just increase word count. Which one has the more importance?
Q.3 There are some blogs that contains few content but they have quality images in their blogpost. For example a Fashion blog has more pics than the content. Then on what basis it will rank.
Q2. If an article has only 800 to 900 words, and it is filled with quality but on the another hand the same article has written in 3000 words with no value by adding unnecessary things to just increase word count. Which one has the more importance?
I think the shorter 800 to 900 word articles will be optimum for the mobile index. When you write posts, you should not see the count of words,rather pay emphasis on the essence and value of the post. If you feel that you achieved your post objective within 1000 words, so let that be.Unnecessarily stretching a post for the sake of increasing its word count is an insensible thing to do.
Q.3 There are some blogs that contains few content but they have quality images in their blogpost. For example a Fashion blog has more pics than the content. Then on what basis it will rank.
Ranking depends on the value and demand of a post. Even if the post mostly comprises of photos but it is very popular and conveys good meaning or a great message, I think that serves your cause and purpose. Some niches like fashion, cooking, travel, etc ought to have photos else they would appear quite bland.
Q1. What should be an Ideal length of an article/blogpost?
Q2. If an article has only 800 to 900 words, and it is filled with quality but on the another hand the same article has written in 3000 words with no value by adding unnecessary things to just increase word count. Which one has the more importance?
To me importance is of a post with quality, quality and quality.
Q.3 There are some blogs that contains few content but they have quality images in their blogpost. For example a Fashion blog has more pics than the content. Then on what basis it will rank.
Alt text is a big source to let the search engines know of the topic of an image. If a blog post has several high-quality and free-of-copyrights-issue images then obviously they will attract more readers and more engagement that will surely be noted by the search engines.
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Q1. What should be an Ideal length of an article/blogpost?
Q2. If an article has only 800 to 900 words, and it is filled with quality but on the another hand the same article has written in 3000 words with no value by adding unnecessary things to just increase word count. Which one has the more importance?
As I said in the previous topic, I would say an article with 3000 useless stuffed words stand nowhere as compared to a post with 800 words filled with substance. While a research shows that the articles ranking for the first page of Google are on an average more than 2000 words.
Q.3 There are some blogs that contains few content but they have quality images in their blogpost. For example a Fashion blog has more pics than the content. Then on what basis it will rank.
Naveen, Google considers more than 200 factors for ranking, so it’s not the length that rules. If that was the case then how wallpaper sites would sites rank? There is a LOT more on page and off page SEO involved in writing.
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Q1. What should be an Ideal length of an article/blogpost?
Q2. If an article has only 800 to 900 words, and it is filled with quality but on the another hand the same article has written in 3000 words with no value by adding unnecessary things to just increase word count. Which one has the more importance?
Q.3 There are some blogs that contains few content but they have quality images in their blogpost. For example a Fashion blog has more pics than the content. Then on what basis it will rank.
The blogs with more images rank on the basis of their overall authority, on basis of social signals (if images go viral, they attract lots of social love) and the titbits of well optimized content they have in titles, meta description, etc..
Q.1. What should be an Ideal length of an article/blogpost?
Q2. If an article has only 800 to 900 words, and it is filled with quality but on the another hand the same article has written in 3000 words with no value by adding unnecessary things to just increase word count. Which one has the more importance?
There is no doubt that the first one will be considered as important both to the readers and search engines. I have few posts on the word count below 800, but they are ranking top in Google searches.
Q.3 There are some blogs that contains few content but they have quality images in their blogpost. For example a Fashion blog has more pics than the content. Then on what basis it will rank.
Search engines become very smart and give more preference to “Relevancy”. I don’t believe that the content alone will help to get SERPs.
Q.1. What should be an Ideal length of an article/blogpost?
Q2. If an article has only 800 to 900 words, and it is filled with quality but on the another hand the same article has written in 3000 words with no value by adding unnecessary things to just increase word count. Which one has the more importance?
I am not an SEO expert but as a blogger/reader’s point of view, I personally love lengthy posts. Some might enjoy reading shorter posts while some love reading longer ones.
Q.3 There are some blogs that contains few content but they have quality images in their blogpost. For example a Fashion blog has more pics than the content. Then on what basis it will rank.
This is an interesting question. Naveen, I have been closely following some blogs with lots of visual content and I do find them ranking well thanks to the Image SEO techniques.
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Q.1. What should be an Ideal length of an article/blogpost?
An ideal length of the blog post can be of minimum 300 words to infinity maximum. It should depend on the issue discussed and depth the topic is taken to. Sometimes it is enough to end up a post with 300 words and it takes more than 2000 words in some other situations. Also, it depends on the niche that you have chosen. Niche’s like short news updates and photography don’t need more words. So, the ideal length depends of the kind of the niche, type of the topic and quality of information that you want to broadcast.
Q2. If an article has only 800 to 900 words, and it is filled with quality but on the another hand the same article has written in 3000 words with no value by adding unnecessary things to just increase word count. Which one has the more importance?
For example, if you are writing about net neutrality, there is no need of writing how the internet was born and who invented it. You can specify the reference in a crow-sparrow short story in it to make the topic even more understandable.
Word count without quality is not the best practice.
Q.3 There are some blogs that contains few content but they have quality images in their blogpost. For example a Fashion blog has more pics than the content. Then on what basis it will rank.
This is an interesting question for which every other SEO newbie would like to know the answer for. Content refers to both texts, media and sound here. Search engine algorithms are designed to filter the quality of the content from all perspectives. That’s why we have a separate image search for every search engine. That’s why sites getting warned when placed the copyrighted information like songs and videos.
Technically speaking, Google or any other search engine will test it against every SEO metric that a textual content website is tested. The load time, design quality, navigation are also matters here. Specifically for photography blogs, the image processing algorithms will take the quality assessment of the content. The TITLE and ALT tags of the image will also be considered.
Interestingly, the reputation of the names of the models, photographers and places with respect to their image quality and perspective will help a photography blog rank in a search engine. For example, you and I have taken a shot of Taj Mahal from the same perspective. The image processing algorithm will give equal marks in case of uniqueness for the perspective. The quality of the shot and its social media and site wide visitor engagement will raise the juice level for it just like textual content. As I said earlier, the name of the models and places in the title and ALT tags will earn a level up priority in search engines.
Hope you got my point on this one.
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Q2. If an article has only 800 to 900 words, and it is filled with quality but on the another hand the same article has written in 3000 words with no value by adding unnecessary things to just increase word count. Which one has the more importance?
I would obviously go for the article that has value, not the one padded with unnecessary words. Whether you’re are concerned about seo or not, the main intention of blogging is getting reads and responses. So if I can’t provide value by my writing, I will not expect anything from the readers in return.
Search engine loves textual contents, but not all niches are able to serve that as you mentioned. In fashion blogs, there are more images, less texts. So I’m pretty sure the basis of ranking will be domain age and authority.
If someone has a site with less content, I will advise him to try earning Google’s trust by increasing domain authority and age. They will potentially help you to rank well. Besides that, other remaining factors except content will contribute too.
Q.1. What should be an Ideal length of an article/blogpost?
The ideal length depends on what you’re audience is looking for and what search engines would consider quality. From my own experience, the bare minimum length would be 1,000 words per post on average. But the one thing you really want to focus on is quality. What is quality? This depends on the niche market you’re focused on, and based on this is how the search engine is going to rank your site.
Q2. If an article has only 800 to 900 words, and it is filled with quality but on the another hand the same article has written in 3000 words with no value by adding unnecessary things to just increase word count. Which one has the more importance?
In this case the one that going to be more important is the quality. Quality is key because quality posts are more likely to get fully read, gets comments, and gets more shares. Again these are key indicators to search engines on how they’ll rank your site. On the flip side, it also depends on how many connections you have with other bloggers. Especially if these bloggers are in your niche. If all of you are constantly going to each others blogs to comment, engage, and share then this is a great indicator. But one thing you still have to keep in mind is that quality is still key. They’re trying to build a good reputations as well as you are, and they want to be known as someone that shares quality content too. So still, quality is key.
Q.3 There are some blogs that contains few content but they have quality images in their blogpost. For example a Fashion blog has more pics than the content. Then on what basis it will rank.
This will be based on the niche market. If fashion is your niche, you’re going to be marketing to people that’s interested in fashion. Once you find this audience, they are more likely to comment and share your post. Also you can still do SEO within the post as far as the headline, meta description keyword within the headline and first sentence, as well as within the images. These are the basic steps to implement. Please share your experience with my blog reader so they can also clear this confusion. From my own experience there are a few things you want to focus on. Your Niche Market Connecting with other bloggers of the same niche Comment and share on those blogs that have a great rank Writing and publishing blog posts towards your niche market interests Implement basic SEO When it’s all said and done I end up writing between 1500 to 2500 words because now they’re more detailed as opposed to the ones I’ve written in past years. I want to give my readers just enough information to pique their interest for them to comment, share and come back to my blog for more quality posts.
Q.1. What should be an Ideal length of an article/blogpost?
For reading, I would say anywhere between 600 to 1,000. Google (and many influencers been saying about longer posts but to be honest, most people don’t read that much. So, you are losing a huge chunk of traffic there.
Q2. If an article has only 800 to 900 words, and it is filled with quality but on the another hand the same article has written in 3000 words with no value by adding unnecessary things to just increase word count. Which one has the more importance?
I would go for quality articles over non quality. Even with 3,000 words post, you won’t get readership for that. Even those who found it will not even bother reading the whole post. Always focus on quality over number of words.
Well this is the tricky part. People doesn’t really search on fashion on Google. Even if they do, they lose out to big guns. Smaller ones go with paid advertising. Those site try to rank using massive metatags. By embedding each page with related meta tags, they stand a higher chance in ranking. Also, if they have enough traffic, ranking automatically shoots up temporary. So, their ranking is based on their traffic and number of shares.
This topic is a little huge so, hopefully the explanation above makes some sense.
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Q.1. What should be an Ideal length of an article/blogpost?
I’ve seen articles that say very long blog posts are proven to be viewed as more valuable, get more results with regards to rankings and social sharing. That’s fine.
Yes, we have to keep the end in mind, but ultimately, I write for my readers, my target audience, not a search engine or to prop myself up with more social shares. If I can help one person with a concise article where actionable tips are shared in a succinct manner, which is more appropriate for that topic, then I will do that. Most definitely. I’m providing rich content by way of articles, videos and infographics, so it varies, and I think people like a variety.
Q2. If an article has only 800 to 900 words, and it is filled with quality but on the another hand the same article has written in 3000 words with no value by adding unnecessary things to just increase word count. Which one has the more importance?
Quality and accuracy is always more important than length, every time.
Hope to help. 🙂
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