Eden Praire, MN Police Chief Dan Carlson asked me via email:
“Griff, what is your opinion about the length of a weblog post? I assume that they are as unique as the individuals who write them, but what is your professional opinion? I try to keep my posts to three paragraphs and I try not to repeat info that I can easily link to.”
- Generally, it’s good to be shorter with blogs posts vs longer.
- People are more likely to read shorter posts
Busy bloggers are likely to post more frequently if they’re in the habit of writing short posts that don’t take long to compose. But as long as a blog post is on a single topic, an occasional long post is fine… especially when interspersed among short ones. Sometimes you just need several paragraphs to get your point across. It helps visually to include links, graphic images, photos, and other “rich text” formatting in a long blog post, but again, sometimes the story is compelling enough on its own.
