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Do Infographics Kill The Minimum Word Argument?
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Brian Wallace (15 Posts)
Brian Wallace is the President of NowSourcing, Inc., a premier social media firm specializing in infographic design, development and content marketing promotion. The company is based in Louisville, KY and works with companies that range from small business to Fortune 500.
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What about instances when no additional copy is necessary? For example: If I’m making a blog post that has a detailed infographic in it, do I still need copy in the body of the article to make Google notice? Or will the headline and graphic suffice?
I ask because an infographic should ideally contain all of the necessary information for readers, having additional copy outside of the graphic may seem redundant to visitors.
Thoughts?
Hey Tanner,
Good question. I’ve seen plenty of infographic posts with no additional text and would say from a readability perspective that it’s ok.
On the other hand, from a search perspective, I’d imagine that Google and the gang would like to see some accompanying text – think of infographics from an image search / text relevance perspective. Even from the human side, it’s nice to have text and links for further info.
I always suggest pages to have minimum 200 words, ideal 300 – 500. @Bryan I agree with you… text will always be required for SEO.