We love long content!
I was thinking about a few things today on the train ride to the office and the one thing that hit me was that a lot of the more popular content that's getting buzz on the web right now is really short. Whether it's short videos short reviews or short thoughts -- the fact is that there is no love for the longer, more quality content that is we all (and search engines) love so much.
So, with all of this in my head I decided to post a semi-sarcastic rant on how much we love long content and cant stand the short stuff. I think in my head I pictured a rivalry between those who create short content and those who create the longer stuff and how we're a refuge for the longer content creators.
Pretty random, but this is how my mind thinks sometimes...enjoy!
http://blog.hubpages.com/2009/03/hubpag … -counting/Hmmm...maybe I should call it long(er) content?
Well, my late observations show that search engines are not that happy with long content. I could be wrong of course
If you consider that the goal of search engines is not to index for a sake of indexing, but to deliver the most relevant content to the searcher, you'll see that they are not really looking for more combinations, they are looking for relevance - in whichever way they define it...
Oh, I think it is much more mystery than HP ratings. In fact it is a billion dollar mystery
Hey Ryan, I recently published some pretty long answers to 2 of your requests. The one about the Hot Rods
and the one about Muscle cars
Long content is great, but I wonder how many people read all of it!
AndreNice rant, Ryan
I suppose that it is horses for courses, really. If somebody wants to find out 'How to Change a Car Tyre,' short and concise is good. If they want to read about 'Aristotle's Ethics' or 'The History of Californian Mining,' then long and detailed is better.
That is the beauty of Hubpages - there is room for all!
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