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How long should my website content be (max and min number of words)?
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I saw a web site which has been number 1 on Google for a long time, and the home page has 5700 words, but the results show it is not spam, so what would be the recommended word number for a home page?
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There is no set word count that will help rank. It is the quality and depth of the content you are providing. Keep the searches intent in mind when developing content. Be engaging and educational, answering the searchers query. i have pages on my website that rank with as little as 300 words and as much as a1000. so as you see its not the word count. its the quality.
Thanks,
Don Silvernail
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There really isn't a right and wrong answer to this, but I will say that the content has to be long enough to answer the question that the page is answering.
In some circumstances, this might mean a short page with just 200 words - other times it might be more. 5000+ sounds a bit insane and like they are trying to over optimise, in which case would make me wonder about the phrase itself - is it low search volume?
There are so many variables that come into play with ranking pages that it would be impossible to say with any degree of certainty what is going on without actually seeing it.
From a usability view, this also sounds very excessive.
Make your pages clear and straight to the point without any waffle - and with 5000+ words, I would be surprised if all of that was really needed.
-Andy
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