How to improve SEO in too short posts

How to improve SEO in too short posts

Let's see how to improve SEO in too short posts. But first of all, why?

šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø Why to make longer posts

  • Higher ranking in search engines, then you get more visits
  • Readers engages better
  • More backlinks
  • More impact in social media
  • Authority perception

So basically, writing more you will be more of what you want šŸ™‚

āœļø How to make longer posts

Some ideas to extend your posts:

  • Add a briefing
  • Add or split into sections, explain content better
  • Write like a story
  • Add a conclusion

šŸ’Ž Don't forget quality

You should pay attention to the keywords, to make interesting/useful content, good structure, some images, your own style, etc.

Remember, you should give value in your posts

šŸ§ How many words to be a short or long post?

Some case studies found minimum word count of 250-300 words. And more than 1000 words posts have a great performance.

In 2016, Buffer shared that ideal post length was about 1600 words.

šŸ’Ŗ How to find too short posts in Ghost

It's pretty easy:

  • Sign in into your Ghostboard account
  • In your dashboard, click on SEO in the left menu
  • Done!

Now if you have any too short post, you will see the next column:
Ghostboard: Find too short posts in Ghost

Note if you don't see the column, you don't have any too short post, well done! šŸŽ‰

šŸ˜Ž PRO Tip: If you click on the Edit link, you'll go directly to edit the post in your blog so can add the featured image āœļø

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