If you search, you will find contradictory answers.<\/p>\n
So, how many words should you write for a good blog post that gets traffic?<\/p>\n
I keep getting this question. The answer depends on why you are writing. If you are just writing as a creative outlet, don\u2019t worry about it.<\/p>\n
Why do you want to blog?<\/a><\/p>\n Today I decided to look at my highest ranking posts to see if I can come up with any kind of answer.<\/p>\n My posts are all over the place. I wasn\u2019t originally writing with any idea of putting ads on my pages. When I first monetized my blogs, I broke some of my longer content into two posts.<\/p>\n The highest ranking page on my sites isn\u2019t a post. It is the home page of Project Small House. The page length varies, but usually has around 650 words<\/strong>, or less. It averaged 1,289 views per day in 2021. The page first went up in 2017 with 76 views per day, 2018 had 210 views a day, 2019 grew to 264 views per day, 2020 had 883 views a day.<\/p>\n My highest ranking post in 2021 was written in 2019. The post has 1266 words<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Home Depot Sundance TR-1600 2-Story Farmhouse – The New Classic Manor New Day Cabin<\/a><\/p>\n In 2019 it averaged 3 views per day. In 2020 it averaged 301 views per day and so far in 2021 it has averaged 303 views per day.<\/p>\n The next highest is also a home page, my design42. It averaged 195 views per day. The page changes regularly, but usually has around 800 words<\/strong>. The first year it was up, it had only 8 visits per day and grew slowly, 9 the next year, then 17, 40 and a jump to 149 visits per day.<\/p>\n The next highest is a post from 2018. It has only 228 words<\/strong> and had 168 views per day in 2021.<\/p>\n Modular Log Cabin for under $10,000<\/a><\/p>\n It averaged 2 views per day. In 2018, 15 views per day in 2019, 61 views per day in 2020.<\/p>\n Other pages with around the same traffic are all over the place, 683 words<\/strong>, 448 words<\/strong>, 1485 words<\/strong>, 958 words<\/strong>, 180 words<\/strong>, 467 words<\/strong>, 459 words<\/strong>, 624 words<\/strong>\u2026 All different word counts, all with traffic around 150 views per day.<\/p>\n Did you notice how few views some of these posts got the first year or years they were up? Don’t get discouraged if you only have a few visitors at first.<\/strong><\/p>\n Some posts will have a lot of visitors for a few days, then no visitors at all for a while. The posts and pages with the most views make up only a small fraction of the traffic to the site.<\/strong><\/p>\n Some of the posts that at first got a lot of visitors don’t get as many any more. It’s important to keep writing.<\/strong><\/p>\n An interesting topic<\/strong> is more important than the number of words on the page.<\/p>\n The posts and pages with the highest traffic are not where I make the most money. The pages that make the most money don\u2019t even show up in my stats.<\/strong><\/p>\n The long posts I broke into two shorter posts don’t show up in the stats either. They get traffic. They seem to get the same traffic short as they did when they were longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you search, you will find contradictory answers. 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Highest Ranking Pages and Posts<\/h2>\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n
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