Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Contentious » Short Articles (Basic Blog Post Formats, Part 5)

Contentious » Short Articles (Basic Blog Post Formats, Part 5)

Short Articles (Basic Blog Post Formats, Part 5)
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* Content Style & Business
* Voices: Blogs, etc.

— amy @ 9:20 am

NOTE: This is part 5 of a 7-part series that describes the main types of blog posting formats. See the index to this series for the complete list.

This nebulous category includes any blog posting that runs up to about 500-700 words long. Typically, these blog entries are long enough to merit extending off the home page to a separate full-text page, but not so long as to require more than a couple minutes’ reading time. This differentiates short articles from brief remark postings.

Short articles can present any kind of content, and they also can include external links.

Example: From WebMaster to NewsMaster, by Bill French, from his blog Peripheral Vision.

ADVANTAGES: Fairly Quick Reading, Attracts Links, Enhances Reputation

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