I’ve found that the longer the post, the fewer people will make it to the end. Another blogger has beat me to putting this to paper, so I’ll simply give credit where it’s due.
He asserts that for all visitors to read something, it must be 20 words or less. Ouch. Though sometimes, if it isn’t something I’m interested in, maybe I don’t read it at all myself. Ouch.
Your thoughts?
3 Comments
May 18, 2008 at 1:06 pm
hmm. well length isn’t as much a factor in what i read as content is. if it’s something that looks boring, i’ll probably skip over it unless i’m really bored.
June 6, 2008 at 7:21 pm
[...] 6 June 2008 · No Comments Last month Tim Chen mentioned on his blog that most people won’t read more than a fairly small number of words, linking to a post on Abraham Piper’s blog with this [...]
June 18, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation
Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Unplugged
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