http://www.gryphonmountain.net/2009/10/the-long-and-short-of-blog-posts/ Technical Communication and Other Writing Topics (by Ben Minson) Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:25:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.gryphonmountain.net/2009/10/the-long-and-short-of-blog-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-38415 Ben Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:21:59 +0000 http://www.gryphonmountain.net/?p=755#comment-38415 I wouldn't say that all short all the time is the best approach. I agree that sometimes if I see a long post, I don't want to read it all, but it sometimes depends on my mood and how interesting the topic looks. <a href="http://writetodone.com/2009/10/15/15-basics-of-insanely-useful-blogwriting/" rel="nofollow">This post on blogging tips</a> was recommended on Twitter today, so I went and scanned it. Suggestion #10 is to vary post length. I suppose that's a good tip, just like varying your sentence structures keeps things interesting. I wouldn’t say that all short all the time is the best approach. I agree that sometimes if I see a long post, I don’t want to read it all, but it sometimes depends on my mood and how interesting the topic looks. This post on blogging tips was recommended on Twitter today, so I went and scanned it. Suggestion #10 is to vary post length. I suppose that’s a good tip, just like varying your sentence structures keeps things interesting.

]]> http://www.gryphonmountain.net/2009/10/the-long-and-short-of-blog-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-37989 Tom Johnson Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:48:23 +0000 http://www.gryphonmountain.net/?p=755#comment-37989 Although I initially rejected length as a key detail in blog posts, I am now coming around to the view that anything more than about 1,000 words won't be read. My long posts get just a few comments, if any. Short ones are much more popular. And my reading habits favor shorter posts too. It's just hard to keep the audience's attention in a long post, however hard you try. Although I initially rejected length as a key detail in blog posts, I am now coming around to the view that anything more than about 1,000 words won’t be read. My long posts get just a few comments, if any. Short ones are much more popular. And my reading habits favor shorter posts too. It’s just hard to keep the audience’s attention in a long post, however hard you try.

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