5 Reasons Why Short Posts are Good
Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by Isaac Yassar in Uncategorized
Hi friends!
After my long pause of blogging, I cannot quickly go back to my full blogging nature. You are right, I need some adaptations first. One of them is by writing articles with a format of short post.
I can mention 5 reasons why short posts are good:
1. Fast to write
Short posts are fast to produce. It’s great for part-time bloggers, who have plenty of other activities on their daily routine. It’s also perfect for bloggers who need to update many blogs everyday.
2. Fast to read
I know very well that bloggers usually read / visit other bloggers’ articles everyday and then leave comments. If you have visited many of them in a single day, you will read less and scan more. If you have visited too many, you’ll skip reading and go straight to comments section 
Short posts enable readers to get to the comments section fast. That’s good.
3. Perfect for lighter contents
I know some blogging teachers who write heavy contents in incredible depth, which tend to increase the load of reader’s brain. I’ll leave the super deep posts to them, and I’ll write lighter material that I and my buddies can enjoy. Simple.
4. Variation
Excellent deep posts are great. But everyone needs a little variation now and then to keep boredom away, right? This is where shorter posts play a decent role: as a variation.
5. Experiment
We can’t gain experiment before we try this and that in blogging. So, we can figure out which one is best for which situation, based on experiments. Short post is a must-try format. You can hardly call yourself a professional blogger if you haven’t write any short post before
This is a short post. Look how fast you can get to comment section 
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I am a part-time blogger who really loves blogging and WordPress.
I always want to be a better blogger and this blog is a journal for it. Read more on my about page.
BestofBlogger
09. Dec, 2009
i always like short posts, sometimes bloggers write to long and boring posts. i dont read them
Dana @ Online Knowledge
09. Dec, 2009
Yeah, i love to read short posting. It is more easy to get the point of it.
Blogging Tips
09. Dec, 2009
“Fast to read” point is exactly correct.No one would like to read long posts.
Isaac Yassar
09. Dec, 2009
Good to hear it Hakan, Dana, and Blogging Tips. Glad to know everyone loves short posts
BloggerDaily
10. Dec, 2009
Yeah, you’re right. Short posts are most easier to read! But in certain conditions such as the matter that only needs simple explanation. Btw, the idea of short post is nice =)
Isaac Yassar
10. Dec, 2009
Thanks BloggerDaily. I think I’ll write more short posts in future, I like them
Burhan
10. Dec, 2009
Yeah, I call it ”concise” -short but covers the point! Though sometimes we may edit it when new ideas come up!
Isaac Yassar
10. Dec, 2009
Hi bro! Glad to see you here. Yup, concise (aka short but complete) plus communicative is my favorite style of writing. I can hardly use “high” words anyway for I’m no native English user
Sarge | beginnerblogger.com
10. Dec, 2009
I much prefer short posts to long ones, unless it is a long post that you can go back and reference at a later date.
Even then I think you could break long posts into a series. If it was a step-by-step following guide you could break it up into multiple and manageable blog posts where you could complete the step within an hour or less or something like that.
I think if you really plan it out right all blog posts can be kept reasonably short and be broken up into a series post which usually have a lot of appeal and make your readers come back and read too – waiting for the next part of the series
Sarge | BeginnerBlogger.com
Isaac Yassar
10. Dec, 2009
Great points Sarge, agreed. I never write any series of post here. I got to write them someday
George Serradinho
10. Dec, 2009
I normally don’t do short posts, but maybe I will start after reading this post. This post was short and I read it quickly.
Isaac Yassar
10. Dec, 2009
Yeah, I intentionally wrote this post as short as I could so that it can serve as an example of a short post.
David | ilcantone.com
10. Dec, 2009
Well, I’m not so sure that short post are better than long ones.
I guees that it depends on the topic: for example, I’ve seen some successful bloggers on personal development who have written very long articles. In fact, these articles have been their most popular ones. Steve Pavlina is the perfect example of it.
Besides, for very long articles (3.000 or more words)is easier to get on the top of google results.
Great post Isaac.
Isaac Yassar
10. Dec, 2009
Hi David, thanks for your comment. You got some points there. Steve is a great person. In fact, one of his articles was an inspiration for me to blog professionally
Extreme John
13. Dec, 2009
I hate nothing more than finding a great topic in my reader that catches my attention and arriving to find out that the post is 400 scrolls long, hate it.
Isaac Yassar
14. Dec, 2009
Auch! That’s massive. I bet you won’t need any workout after that 400 mouse scrolls
Tinh
13. Dec, 2009
Fast to write, fast to read but hard to make it short as you need to have good writing skills and knowledge of that niche
Isaac Yassar
14. Dec, 2009
Yup. It’s not easy. Learning is the key.
Jim Clary
13. Dec, 2009
Short posts are nice. I read numerous blogs every day, and if the posts are too long it takes too much time and I tend not to read them all the way through. It is better to split them into a series of posts over a period of time. Not only is this better for the reader, I think it increases subscribers because they will want to know when more information is available.
Isaac Yassar
14. Dec, 2009
Yeah. Breaking long posts into series is more convenient for readers. It’s a good idea.
Jayce
15. Dec, 2009
I like short article. As long as it have all the points. No use to read long long post that full of nonsense.
Ms. Freeman
15. Dec, 2009
I love to write and read short post. Longer posts usually get left for the weekend and then I forget about them
Rajesh Kanuri @ TechCats
16. Dec, 2009
I agree with you that short posts are quick to read and write but search engines like posts which have atleast 300-400 words.. what do u say about that??
Isaac Yassar
16. Dec, 2009
Well, it is back to our purpose in writing posts. We write it for human readers or search engines?
Basant Singh
16. Dec, 2009
Love to read short post. But I prefer long illustrative post for my blog as most of the times I demistify technology. It can also serve as a reference.
Isaac Yassar
16. Dec, 2009
Yeah, in some cases, longer post is needed. Such as in technology and self development.
IndianCashMaker
16. Dec, 2009
my experience with short posts is not good….i prefer writing posts upto length of 400+
Isaac Yassar
25. Dec, 2009
How come buddy? Can you elaborate it a little bit?
Codrut @ Blog Post Ideas
20. Dec, 2009
Yes, they;re good, but not in all cases…
For e.g. Short Posts are Good…
1. When you don’t have time to write longer posts
2. When you know for sure your readers and niche audience are short on time
3. When you have a contest or updates to announce
Feel free to continue the list…
Isaac Yassar
25. Dec, 2009
Yeah, we should be smart in deciding when to use them
Student jobs
02. Jan, 2010
i love to write and read only the short and small posts.
short posts drives more traffic from search engines than large posts.
Isaac Yassar
02. Jan, 2010
Short posts saves reader’s time. It is a good format because in this modern era, everyone is busy.
David Lindsay
12. Jan, 2010
Is it fair to say that sometimes a short post is appropriate but a long post is more suitable at other times? And how many words are there in a short post? Isaac’s original post must have been around 200 words and yet other people seem to think that 300 words comprise a long post. If I was looking for a review of a new laptop, for example, 500 words probably wouldn’t be enough.
Isaac Yassar
17. Jan, 2010
Yeah. We cannot blindly apply this. It is best to adapt it with our situation and condition.
Dhananjay
17. Jan, 2010
I love to scan posts. I cannot read all of them because there are so many good posts around. With small posts, you obviously can read in less time and gain more knowledge. Excellent stuffs!
Isaac Yassar
17. Jan, 2010
Thanks buddy. I agree with you. I also scan first, then I read in detail in some part that I am interested in.
Amol Patil
25. Jan, 2010
The article’s good but isn’t that itself a bit lengthy then?
Isaac Yassar
26. Jan, 2010
Well, you can see problogger.net, the godfather of blogging, and compare whose article is longer, mine or his
Keith Davis
16. Feb, 2010
Oh dear! Have I been doing it all wrong?
I’ve tried to write some informative posts, which has resulted in them being rather long.
Like you say, I’ll experiment and produce a few short ones.
I’ve got a few ideas, which will fit nicely into a short post.