A word about word count checkers...

Focus on Content DeAnna, not the 50 word mark.  Have pride in your posts and publish well written articles.



Cameron Novak
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Corona, California

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DeAnna, I appreciate your honesty. The challenge is allways to stay relative and play by the rules that is what makes active rain so enjoyable.

DeAnna,

I appreciate the heads up.  I have the opposite problem.  I start writing and then I have to go in and cut out everything with exception of the bare essentials.  I do want people to read the entire post and I am afraid if I make it too long they will not.  Good post.

Yikes- I have never thought to actually count my words and I was unaware there was a limit. I just count my blessings!!!!!!!

I never count my words but maybe I should if I am going for points -- thanks for sharing!

DeAnna - good information to know, but, usually, I don't have a hard time reaching 50 words, I have a harder time keeping it less than novella length. Take care.

The intent of AR is not to write just for points, but to provide good content, insight, and assistance to others, as well as to interact with others on the sites.  If you are writing a post that has any content, it shouldn't take much to make it more than 50 words or more.  Like Cameron said "Have pride in your posts and publish well written articles."  The 50 words and the points along with them will come.

I just count the word when I am that close.  Good post.

I must say DeAnna, don't worry about the number of words.  However, I would think it would be too hard to get less than 50 if you are writing a worthwhile blog entry.  The other day, I wrote a blog asking a quick question, I intentionally kept it below 50 words, as I don't feel it was meant to 'get the points' for asking a quick question - reference for appraiser.  Believe me, I'm competitive as well, but it should not be your primary focus!  So as I said, DON'T worry about number of words, write your thoughts on the given subject, then post.  If it is worth 200 points, you'll get it, if not, you wont.

A good post will always be more than 50 words, so I wouldn't worry about a word count. You will naturally post more.

Good post. But as someone said earlier content is king. 50 word countis ok also. Good Luck.

I don't worry about the  word count or the points as much as what the post has to say or ask. I have read some very interesting short post that I have gained value from

DeAnna:  Blogging for points is not a sin.  AR starts out for people like a video game.  The more points you get, the more you move up the rankings.  The ten comments per week will really get you going ahead of your fellow agents in your City, County and State. So many Rainers don't comment.  Oh welll....more points for us.