How long or short should a hub/blog posting be?
Some say the longer the post the less likely people will actually read it.
Look, the facts are (for my hubs) I've got one over five thousand words, and at least two over four thousand words....
....there's also a ton of pictures, videos, links, ect - in those three hubs.
There's a lot of factors involving traffic...too many to list here, but the four and five thousand word hubs I've done haven't performed so well, and I'll never again create something that long on this website, and probably, any other website.
It's not worth it, and I don't think people online will actually read something that long.
I'm more successful with seven hundred to three thousand words.
Hubpages puts the ideal length of a hub at 1500 words. It seems search engines favor them. And, the general consensus for the minimum word limit is 500 words. Longer the hubs, keeping the attention of readers is difficult. There are so many hubs written by exprienced hubbers on how to write a perfect hub.
by Janet21 16 years ago
I read the above quote on another thread and was wondering if anyone here can confirm that this is the case. Do you have long hubs, over 800 words? Are they doing well as far as Google traffic goes?Should I try to keep my hubs under 800 words?
by Whitney 17 years ago
There are several hubs about the benefits of both long and short hubs.But, I'm curious as to what you guys prefer to read. The longer ones that contain tons of detail, that could be spread amongst several smaller hubs. ORThe shorter, more concise hubs that tend to answer a specific question about a...
by Billie Kelpin 10 years ago
Is it better to make one large hub that covers all aspects of your topic or to separate those several aspects on a topic into two or three hubs. I'm wondering how this plays out in terms of each of the following: Reader Interest and attention spanHubScoreEditor's Choice possibilityNumber of...
by Don W 15 years ago
Hi, still new, still learning. Quick question.Is there a rule of thumb for an ideal hub length or for splitting a hub into two seperate parts?
by Haunty 15 years ago
If you are here to make money with HubPages what is more important to you?1. My hubs should have long term merit, so they keep attracting visitors.2. I play the latest trends.3. Something else.
by HelpMeHarry 13 years ago
I want to promote my Hubs by using the summary created in hubs and using the title I have on my hub.. the link on my blog will go directly to my Hub pages site. I am anxious to create more hubs and I want to stay in compliance.. Thank You ...
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