Summary: Is a 300 to 500 word blog post enough to rank your post #1 on Google? The length of your blog post ranking will rely on many factors not just the number of words.<br> <a href="http://www.pestgeekpodcast.com/podcast/short-post-long-post-seo-ranks/attachment/pgp-156-short-post-vs-long-post-for-seo-what-ranks-better/" rel="attachment wp-att-51942"></a>What is the competitiveness of that keyword you are ranking for? If all your top 10 pages ranking for that keyword are 500 words you may only need to write a 1000 word post outrank.<br> 3 Questions you need to answer to determine the amount of content you provide vs how much is actually being consumed.<br> <br> * What value do give the reader to read on or read the entire blog post?<br> * How far down are they reading before they bounce?<br> * How many minutes are they on that page before they bounce?<br> <br> In the past several years, the best post length for SEO have been post with about 2,000 words.<br> Longer blog posts have ranked better than short posts.<br> However the evidence suggests that readers won’t typically read a posts this long.<br> If the #1 page on Google is 300 words, write more than 300 words to outrank,<br> This is assuming that all of your words provide value.<br> <br>
