Your blog should be long enough to cover the topic you want to cover. However, we do have some requirements and guidelines for the actual length of blog posts.
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Blog posts must contain a minimum of 200 words. If you do not post the minimum 200 words, the system will not permit the blog entry to be posted. If your blog entry contains borrowed material, such as a news article, that pushes the word count over the limit, but does not contain 200 words of your own content, the post will be removed and you will be contacted and asked to revise the blog entry.
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If you do have a post or question but do not need the 200 words or want to make it shorter, post it in the forums.
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Good blog posts are usually anywhere from a couple of paragraphs, up to about a page or two (sometimes three). Careful not to make your post too long (consider breaking the topic into parts), as you'll often lose people if your post is too long. Anywhere from 250-600 words is usually a good and effective length.
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If you have a 5 or 10 page paper that you wrote that you want to publish online, write a short summary in the body of your post, and then attach the whole paper using the "Attach new file" field. People who want to read more will download your file, but they will appreciate the summary you have posted.
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When considering the length of your post, be sure that it is broken down to be easily read. Paragraphs can become hard to read if there is no space between them to help separate your thoughts. The more paragraphs in your blog post, the more breaks in-between thoughts there should be.
