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What Is The Optimum Number Of Posts In Blog Home Page?
Angsuman Chakraborty
July 18th, 2006
I have been thinking about the optimum number of posts / articles (summary) on the front page. I have it currently set at 10. I am not sure if it is the right number. What do you think would be the optimum number and why? Another option is to set by the number of days. I am listening…
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July 18th, 2006 at 12:08 pm
It depends on the length of your article IMO. I’ve set it to 5 posts and it kind of suits everyone
July 19th, 2006 at 12:29 am
I prefer to keep the end of my content column closely inline with the end of my sidebar column. I started with 8 posts on the front page, but since I removed the category listing from my sidebar, I reduced the count to 7 posts.
July 19th, 2006 at 12:54 am
James & Matt,
Do you think 10 is too high for this blog?
July 19th, 2006 at 2:35 am
Ten is a fine number, and your content column is perfectly inline with the bottom of your sidebar column! (At least it is in my browser’s view.)
July 19th, 2006 at 7:00 am
I agree, 10 looks fine with the sidebar on my end too (using FF on a 19″ LCD).
July 20th, 2006 at 12:22 pm
Why not allow the user to choose.
July 21st, 2006 at 8:18 am
Thanks James & Matt .
War59312
That’s an interesting idea. Do you think reader’s would really care to choose page size?
September 26th, 2006 at 7:38 am
I’d think about 8 but I have a question. Should one use a summary with more… or the whole enchilada? I’ve battled with that over and over.
~Audrey
November 5th, 2006 at 5:20 am
Well I do, as long as its stored in a cookie. Same goes with font size.