Comments on: Bloggers: How long are your posts?

By: irtiza104

irtiza104 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:54:33 +0000

at first, i used to post short blog posts of 500-1000 characters in them. but now, i usually publish posts which contain 2500-3500 words. before starting to write a blog post i write down the main points or the name of the paragraphs first and then i write about those.

By: timethief

timethief — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:58:01 +0000

@hicham
Thanks do much for being patient waiting for me to reply to you. What can I say? Everyday life and a broken computer and modem has kept me away form answering comments and I apologize for that. I have been to your blog and read your post. It’s a good one.

By: timethief

timethief — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:36:42 +0000

@shoreacres
I apologize for the delay in replying to your comment. Aside from having a broken computer and a come and go modem I have also been hard at work in our business. I really appreciate your sharing how your blog and posts have developed. I do consider your posts to be essays and like you I will read to the end of any post that intrigues me. When it comes to learning about writing I can surely learn a lot from you as tour are very accomplished. Best wishes and thanks for making the time to share her on my blog.

By: shoreacres

shoreacres — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:37:31 +0000

After 14 months, I’ve developed a pattern of posting about every 5-6 days. Now and then I’ll go seven days between posts, but never longer.

My posts began at around 500-600 words. Now, each is between 1,000-2,000 words, with 2,000 being the high end. Because my readers themselves have begun to describe what I do as “stories” or “essays”, I suspect I’ve moved into regular “pillar posts”, as you call them.

Two things suggest things are going well – a slow increase in the number of substantive comments, and a good spike in readership when I post new material, suggesting I’m bookmarked, in readers, etc.

My sense of things is that engaging the reader and producing quality material is the key. I’ve stopped reading in the middle of 300 words posts because I was bored and re-read 3,000 word posts over and over because they were so rich. It’s a wonderful way to learn about writing, I’ll tell you that!

By: Hicham

Hicham — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 01:07:28 +0000

I agree with your insightful input. Well said, timetheif :)

In fact, micro-blogging -for me at least- isn’t capable of expressing opinions and insights as a macro blogging do. I keep on reading posts regardless the lenght as much as I’m interested in what is being presented.

On the other hand, I noticed that ‘advertising networks’ -such as EntreCard, 125 Exchange, ..etc- didn’t help in blogging world in terms of ‘readership’. I’ve elaborated on this couple of months ago over the post entiteld “Click and Run” so feel free to check it when you have time.

By: timethief

timethief — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:00:21 +0000

@mary
I guess we agree. If the writing is good and the topic is interesting then regardless of the length I will read the post to the end. Thanks for commenting.