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Why You Should Change Your Blog to Show Excerpts on the Home Page
Social Media News Source: http://www.winningtheweb.com
Story Found By: gyutae 1583 Days ago
Category: Social Media
If you take a look at the Winning the Web homepage, you’ll notice that it has changed from displaying full posts to now short excerpts - 100 word summaries of each post followed by a “Continue Reading…” link. Why have I done this? I think this change will benefit the blog by increasing pageviews and making it easier for readers to find what they’re looking for. In fact, a poll conducted by Daily Blog Tips shows that 48% of participants believe that post excerpts on the homepage will become the blogging standard in the near future. Below is the breakdown of results.
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from Gamermk 1583 Days ago #
Votes: 0

You know my gut instinct when I read this was No Way!, but perhaps you are onto something here. I’ll have to give it a go and see what people think. That being said of the 4 reasons given the 2nd one (more pageviews = more money) is a pretty poor reason and were it the only reason I think it would hurt you in the long run. But definitely fast page load times and superior navigation/exposure makes the change worth it.I know that’ll never agree with partial RSS feeds though.

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from jameskm03 1582 Days ago #
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I completely agree with Gamermk on this one.  #2 isn’t good enough but I think the other reasons make this a good point that’s worth exploring and more pageviews and easier navigation are two things everyone wants.

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from ckata 1582 Days ago #
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Thanks for this tip. I just installed it on our blog, and it looks great!

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