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:

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

šŸ™ Thanks for reading

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