Article Writing Basics - 3 Basic Tips in Writing Good Web Articles

Sharing valuable information online is the best way to drive traffic to your website. This is the reason why there are so many internet marketers who are now writing and distributing articles online. Google will surely going to love your website if it contains great, hot information. It will also send organic traffic on your way if you constantly produce and submit informative articles to directories and other publishing sites. However, keep in mind that this will only happen if your articles are really good.

Here's how you can write good web articles:

1. First thing to do is to make sure that you'll give your audience the kind of information that they really want. I suggest that you look for the things that they're struggling with or discuss about their problems. Make these people see that you know what's causing the issue and the best way to solve it. Doing this will help you grab these people by the throat.

2. Optimize your articles. Aside from making your articles informative, you also need to make them keyword-rich so your readers can easily find them online. You'll be happy to know that right now, there are numerous online resources that offer great and effective tips about SEO article writing. Read them and learn as much tips and techniques as possible.

3. Keep it short. The reason why I write articles that contain less than 300 words is because online users simply hate those lengthy ones. You see, these people are pressed for time and they'll surely appreciate it if you can give them the information they need using as few words as possible.

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Does Long Copy Still Work Online?

Think about it. When was the last time you actually read a website copy that extends for more than 500 words? One that you really read from the first sentence to the last? I bet you can't remember and it's just normal because seldom do people read much online today.

People usually skim or scan a web page. They don't really make any full reading because, well let's accept it, since the web is very dynamic, people's attention span is very short. They know that they don't have to waste their time on a useless page if they can also easily find a better article on other sites.

So in my opinion, short and concise copy is the best copy for any website. Unless of course it's fiction, it is understood that you need more than 500 words. But if what you have is a blog or a product review site, it will be for your benefit to limit your copy's words to less than 500 words.

I believe I've read in a usability study before that the best word count should be 150 words. If you make it up to 300 words, that's still okay, just stay away from 500 up to a thousand.

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