Google's John Mueller said in a Reddit thread that Google does not use word count as a ranking factor. He wrote "Word count is not a ranking factor." I mean, this is literally short and to the point ...

Tsukuba, Japan—When reading a passage, readers may pause at a particular word or return to reread it. Studies using eye-tracking, which record eye movements during reading, have suggested that word ...

Google’s John Mueller answered if it’s helpful to add more words to a web page to help it rank better. The idea was that if a page wasn’t ranking, adding more relevant content will help. The person ...