Number of words per hub

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   BRIAN SLATERposted 12 years ago

   I know that the length of a good hub should between 800-1400 words, but where does it tell you how many words you have written?

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      SiddSinghposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I am not sure what you mean, Brian.
      
      In a hub, at the very top of the hub, just above the title, you will find a small bar - with various options - one of them is 'stats'. Click on it, and navigate to Hub Metrics - you will find what you need. But this data is available after publishing.
      
      Most word processor software have word count inbuilt into them, if you need to know the word count BEFORE publishing.

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         Polly Cposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         You can see the word count if you have it saved unpublished as well

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            BRIAN SLATERposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Thanks Polly, isn't it funny how when you find out how to do something, it seems so simple and you think to yourself why didn't I work that out myself....

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      Neil Ashworthposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Brian,
      
      One thing that you might want to try from a linking point of view to help with SEO in search is to group articles by theme in sets of say 10 articles;
      
      build a pyramid structure starting with your main keyword and working out to longtail keywords from there like this example..
      
      1 at the top of the pyramid = 1,500 words approx - "shoes" keyword.
      2, 3, 4 below it around 800 words long "dress shoes", "sports shoes", "womens shoes"
      5,6(below 1)7,8 (below 2) 9,10 (below 3) "womens size 5 red shoes" etc. 500 to 600 words each for the smaller articles.
      
      The keywords to be used in URL and title of each article and within the article to point (anchor text) to the article below in the pyramid structure.
      
      Build it as many levels as you like deep and point down from the top and then back to the top from the bottom level.
      
      This creates a great internal linking structure for SEO and will help your article set in search.
      
      If I haven't confused you too much I hope this helps!
      
      Neil.

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         BRIAN SLATERposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I really like the sound of this Neil and are definately going to try it out-thanks

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         aksana777posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you Neil for your post, really very interesting.

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   myownworldposted 12 years ago

   And here's the link:  http://hubpages.com/guide/stats/hub_stats

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      BRIAN SLATERposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thankyou for your help, I've checked the link now

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   waynetposted 12 years ago

   You could do what I did over a couple of years ago, count every word that would be fun wouldn't it? ....or yeah you could check out your hub stats!!

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      GarfieldGatesposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Oh gosh.
      
      That sounds particularly hellish, haha.

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   BRIAN SLATERposted 12 years ago

   Thankyou to everyone who replied

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   Csjun89posted 12 years ago

   Another way to know word count is also to
   Copy and paste everything to microsoft word!
   or go to a website like wordcounttool.com and press calculate

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      BRIAN SLATERposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thankyou for your help I have now got it sorted.

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   thisisoliposted 12 years ago

   My own high earners all are between 1200 and 1800 for the record.

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   Stacie Lposted 12 years ago

   I'm glad this is available but judging by the hubs I've just reviewed while "hopping" word count not being taken into consideration.
   So many newbies are writing only a paragraph...

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