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Making Money with Articles: Optimal Article Length

When choosing an article for your website, make sure that it is a length that is optimal for search engine optimization. Articles that are as short as 200 words or as long as 500 words should fit into this category. Even if search engine optimization is not your goal, it is still a good idea to keep your articles at this length for your reader’s sake. They are likely to not finish your page if it is any longer.

This could leave them winith only half of the information you wanted them to have or leave them with the impression that your site is too “wordy”. Most Internet readers do not read a website page as they would a book, so the shorter the better. Even if this means splitting one long idea into 4 or 5 pages. Be sure to label them so that the reader can pick and choose which part they want to read or so they know what is coming up next to help them determine if they want to continue reading.
If you are at all unsure as to the length of articles required by other ezine publishers, Go to one or more of the article directories and checkout the length that they recommend. They are the experts and will provide all the information that you may require.

If you find that you are having difficulty keeping your articles short enough for the requirements of the article directories, Don’t worry. Make sure that you have written everything that is relevant to the subject, even if it goes way beyond one thousand words.

You have the basis of a book. Half a dozen or more long articles put together in one volume has a value in its own right. If they are all on the same theme, so much the better. You may be able to extend some of your shorter articles to make up the number. If you save it as a PDF file that can be downloaded from your website, You have created the first of a long line of your own products that no one else is selling. Priced at about $19.99 it should generate sales for years to come.
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Robert J Farey.
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Bob has been working on the internet in various capacities since 2000. He uses articles and ezines to market his products simply because, if you do it right, it works.
You will find his latest venture at: http://www.rjf08.com It’s a no brainer.