Content & Writing Tycoon

**jj1** · 12-10-2010, 11:56 AM

With regards to seo (rather than just personal pride) is there any real advantage in going to the trouble of writing longer (eg 500 words) articles when some directories will accept 300 word ones?

Do search engines give more weight to links from long articles or is a link an link and the quicker you can write the article the better?

**chrishirst** · 12-10-2010, 03:34 PM

Writing "articles" is NOT a "SEO Concern".

You should be writing articles for USERS

**tepid** · 12-11-2010, 12:24 AM

You should keep in mind that quality in far more important than quantity. A quality articles will bring in more readers but a lengthy and boring article won't.

**decadance** · 12-11-2010, 12:35 AM

Yup, people will get bored and leaves your "eden park" articles into barren land.

**awebmaster** · 12-11-2010, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by chrishirst

Writing "articles" is NOT a "SEO Concern".

You should be writing articles for USERS

Well Said..

If you are able to generate some quality article which may genuinely help others or informative in nature, One should create it no matter if it becomes longer one!!

People always looking for quality article without bothering its size.

**pratoocool** · 12-11-2010, 05:01 AM

people can get bored with useless article writing and article marketing, if you are only using and creating your article for marketing purpose.

But there are times when visitors need full information about the certain product and then you can use the articles much longer than mere 500 words or so to satisfy all their needs.

**pararudalf** · 12-11-2010, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by jj1

With regards to seo (rather than just personal pride) is there any real advantage in going to the trouble of writing longer (eg 500 words) articles when some directories will accept 300 word ones?

Do search engines give more weight to links from long articles or is a link an link and the quicker you can write the article the better?

Its all depends on the guidelines of the directory if good directory wants article of 500 words we must write and submit the article.

**jj1** · 12-11-2010, 02:19 PM

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Longer articles are not that attractive in terms of reading so keeping in mind user perspective article should be somewhere between 300-400 words.

Thanks for different perspective.

**michelsmith** · 12-17-2010, 07:22 AM

Article is more important even it is short or long. Every article must contain minimum 500 words to submit. Benefit of adding article is that you could drive visitors reading the article to your site by links. The article should be related to your site content.

**Shirlyn** · 12-17-2010, 09:39 AM

It is a good way to for getting quality backlink for a website with content related to our website niche and respective link.

**krishacetravison** · 11-17-2011, 10:22 AM

In writing an article, you must always remember that you are more likely targeting users. So in this matter, writing a very long article will get your readers bored unless you have a very interesting article.

**jstthomas** · 11-22-2011, 03:23 PM

As long as you can keep your readers interested then I say make the article as long as you want to

If you really like writing long essays then maybe you should consider making some ebooks.

**infotech rules** · 11-23-2011, 04:55 PM

Length does matter in some ways and has impact in accordance with your performance. The better content that has fluency and style can make great impact so if your articles have some meat the lengthier the better but if it happens otherwise you will become under hammer.

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**ambitiontoday** · 11-30-2011, 12:04 AM

at least 500 words

**MadMan90** · 06-22-2012, 04:58 AM

The length of an article is important for SEO, because Google bot likes fresh new content. Also if it is over 400 words you can send them at article directories.

**PrimeOutsourci** · 06-22-2012, 09:31 AM

Good articles are have only one subject and is talking directly to the point. Attractive and good quality web contents are shorter. This usually gets the attention of the readers.

**Jim Gillum** · 06-22-2012, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by MadMan90

The length of an article is important for SEO, because Google bot likes fresh new content. Also if it is over 400 words you can send them at article directories.

Fresh and length have nothing to do with each other....

Different article directories each have thier own length requirements...

**Jim Gillum** · 06-22-2012, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by PrimeOutsourci

Good articles are have only one subject and is talking directly to the point. Attractive and good quality web contents are shorter. This usually gets the attention of the readers.

Are you saying that for content to be good it must be short??

**PrimeOutsourci** · 07-04-2012, 07:14 PM

Long articles tend to bore the readers. The secret to a good article lies not on its length but on its content. A short, concise yet complete article is much more interesting and entertaining than a long one that seems to always beat around the bush and go to points that are not really necessary.

**pristinewriting** · 07-05-2012, 08:48 PM

For long, the 'Gurus' claimed that long articles tend to bore the reader. Obviously, a reader who is not impressed with the first paragraph can quickly move away.

Panda or Penguin, the morale of the story is that every 'article' should be useful to the reader. The boneless Ezine articles, particularly those before Panda is a case in point. Pillar articles can hold the visitor on your website for several minutes. Aggregating all that is relevant to a particular topic and skillfully presenting it can be done only by experienced 'writers' wherever they are on this planet.