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Too Long - Too Short: What is Appropriate Blog Length?
By Bob Anderson

When it comes to blogging, there are two sorts of people: those who are writing 'regular' or 'normal' blog posts, and those who are writing them primarily to gain backlinks for websites that they are promoting. Among other differences, these two types of blog posts will differ in their total length.

Normal blog postings can run anywhere from 300-600 words or more -- but for those of us who are blogging explicitly for the purpose of gaining backlinks, these longer blog post lengths are not necessary -- and perhaps even counterproductive.

The issue is this: when you are writing blog posts in order to gain website backlinks, it is crucial to have blog posts which are not too long -- nor too short. Simply put, when your blog posts are too long, you will be taking too much time to construct your posts.

For example, a blog post of 600 words could be broken up into 3 posts of 200 words each. By shortening up the length of your blog posts, you will be able to write many more posts in the same amount of time.

Because the bottom line is this: the more posts you write, the more backlinks you will gain!

On the other hand, you should be careful to avoid making blog posts that are too short. Blog posts which are less than 100 words, for example, have a tendency to look spammy and lower the value of the blog post site.

But even more importantly: a blog post that is way too short deprives search engines of enough content to provide an adequate 'context' for the links you have placed. Search engines look for this additional content and you need to provide it for them -- not just the anchor (linked) text that is used.

When your blog post is of a good length, you will be giving those search engines enough information -- context -- that relates to your link and ultimately, your website. This will give your backlinks more 'punch' and significance.

So, in summary, whenever possible, construct your blog posts to be a minimum of 100 words and a maximum of 200 words in length.
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