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Is there an article about using headers and why they are important that someone can share a link to with me? Thanks!
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Connor DeLaney
Taffy Ragan you're referring to article headers, correct? 

The key reason for utilizing different headers is to allow both search engines and readers to be able to quickly understand and follow the structure of the article. A great example might be a cost article. The Title Header is "How much does [insert topic] cost?" then you have what you call Header 2s (H2s) for the main sections of the article ("How much does [insert] cost" (again), or "The factors that contribute to this cost", then Header 3s (H3s) for each factor ("SQFT, Materials, etc."). 

This provides stronger SEO structure so Search Engines can scan the article and get a feel for the structure AND flow of the article, plus for readers to be able to do what I call the "blink test" where they could scroll through quick, only read the headers, and quickly understand the purpose of the article and what it includes. 

Here are a couple resources that explain it well:

Anj Bourgeois Hannah Claude , Briana Meisel Ramona Sukhraj , I think I'm only scratching the surface for what Taffy is looking for. Y'all will be able to tag in some more folks and build on this convo!
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Taffy Ragan
Connor DeLaney thank you! I don't know if you heard or not but we lost Matt. I've hired a freelance content writer, and I thought I needed her to understand headers. It looks like I need to understand headers though because I just became her editor.  I appreciate the explanation and the resources!

One more question for you Connor. How long should an article be? 800-1200 words? 

Thanks!
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Connor DeLaney
Taffy Ragan I hadn't heard, I'm so sorry to hear that! Let's make sure we get both you and your new content writer trained up. I can send over some resources to help get you caught up. I'll send you an onboarding doc we have to get started. 

Correct regarding article length! Somewhere in that range will give you the SEO juice to rank well plus the quality answer readers will be looking for. 
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Briana Meisel
Taffy Ragan  - A great habit to get your new writer into would be to create stand-alone headers prior to creating their draft. 

Each header should pass "the google test." If you took just the header and put it into Google's search bar would it yield search results that are on topic with what we're hoping this article to be about? This should give your writer some context to know if any of their headers need to be reworked or any keywords should be added to really narrow in on what actual question/phrase someone would google (aka allowing Google to index our article and have it pop up in search results)

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Taffy Ragan
Briana Meisel  Thank you for this! Great advice and I really appreciate it!
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