If you’ve ever written a blog post or online article, you’ve asked the question before: How long should this be?
In other words, what’s the optimal length of web content for SEO purposes?
Depending on the year and the source, you might hear the ideal word count for SEO is anywhere from 250 to more than 2,000 words per piece.
Proponents of lower word counts will argue it’s not the number of words but the quality of the information and the number of backlinks that matter most.
