Originally Posted by wankawonk

more words means more shit for people to read means more time on site means better SEO

it's literally no more complicated than that. google doesn't care how long your articles are or what keywords you stuff into them. all they care is how much time do users spend on your site.

ever wonder why every cooking recipe that ranks in SERPs begins with hundreds of words of useless copy? yeah. its to keep you on the page longer.