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Old 11-11-2008, 11:23 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Article too long?

After having a conversation with a friend..he said something that I could not compute....he swears that Google will not index a page if the article is too long. I mean 5000 or more words in length. He has a couple of them and said it would be better to make it into a manual and or ebook becuase Google cannot pick up the keywords on such a large article? Is this true?

I thought article length was not a factor at all...
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Old 11-11-2008, 11:25 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I don't know about Google but IMO it's poor design to have an extremely long article. It would be easier on your visitors to break it into separate pages, I think netiquette (sp?) dictates 1.5 to 2 screens worth of space (up and down) at most.
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Its not that Papa G can't "pick up" the keywords, they just have less "word weight" in such large articles, rendering them less useful.

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Old 11-11-2008, 12:13 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Never heard of this. Wiki articles are sometimes ranked number 1. And many read like books.

However, I do agree that occasional page breaks are very helpful and easier on the eyes, even if it is a graphic, google or affiliate banner, or a photo image.
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