Writing long blog posts that are linked to webpages with high Google Page Rank ratings is one way Hyfeno.com a webpage started by my brother has been able to gain traffic quickly from sources like Digg, Propeller and just organic search engine traffic. A long blog post that is linked to trusted websites and relative articles is one way to get google to trust your website. Trust meaning, it will give you higher rankings in the search engine. Short, posts filled with keywords are not always the best way to capture keywords. Spammers have been doing this for ages, only to get quickly pushed to the back, or delisted all together.

Longer blog posts have also additional benefits. Would you rather read someone’s 3 sentences on a subject or a post that has been well researched and contains plenty of relevant information. Better, longer posts can also mean more subscribers.

When it comes down to it. Would you rather write 10 short posts that are poorly ranked in Google, or one long written post that is ranked well? There are benefits to both, but the main factor is, which is able to bring you the most traffic and visitors?

How Long Should Be a Blog Post Be
I usually think 250 words is enough and staying under 1000 words is ideal before your post ends up being too much information. ProBlogger also determined that “experts in Search Engine Optimization (found) that both extremely short and extremely long web pages are not ranked as highly as pages that are of a reasonable length.” Something to keep in mind before you write your next blog post!