Blog or article length and SEO value

[CyrusDariusXerxes]

Why do different blog lengths affect SEO differently?

Is it directly affected by Rankbrain or the Google Algorithm, or is it more because of user engagement?

[MiriamEllis]

Hi Cyrus,

You might like to check out a couple of our Whiteboard Fridays that relate to your question:

https://moz.com/blog/optimizing-for-rankbrain-whiteboard-friday

https://moz.com/blog/blog-post-length-frequency

And also look at the discussion in the comments on this blog post post; it's a good one: https://moz.com/blog/10-things-do-not-affect-rankings

Hope this helps!