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**steveto** · 11-11-2008, 11:23 AM

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...

**draggar** · 11-11-2008, 11:25 AM

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.

**ZeRohiLL** · 11-11-2008, 11:53 AM

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.

-Zh

**Doc Com** · 11-11-2008, 12:13 PM

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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Doc Com Dances With Dogs Name: info [@] gerry.mobi Last Online: Today 08:34 PM iTrader: (73) Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 10,281 DNF$: 25,429 Country:	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. __________________ Conservative With A Conscience

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11-11-2008, 11:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
ZeRohiLL Last Online: Today 07:22 PM iTrader: (20) Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 433 DNF$: 488 Location: USA Country:	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. -Zh

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