Longer articles get more organic search traffic

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According to our analysis of web pages in the content analysis section, there is a certain positive correlation between content length and natural search traffic.

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But again, it is unwise to assume causality.

Why do you find this correlation?
Let’s first consider the idea that Google favors longer content. france telegram data As a result, longer content ranks higher and gets more organic search traffic.

But again, our data do not support this view.

If you take another look at the chart above, you’ll notice that 2,000 words is a turning point. For posts longer than 2,000 words, we actually see a fairly negative correlation between word count and backlinks. In other words, a 10,000 word post gets less organic traffic than a 2,000 word post.