Thoughts about Neil Patel's writing style?

[Archard]

I don't know how many of you still read quicksprout. Neil's article style writing always amazed me. It's like every single line is a paragraph. Extremely low word sentences. One on each line.
It's clear he gets success because he is a well known figure.
I am more curious on how effective this style of writing would be applied to a news blog.
Has anyone experimented with this or anything similar?
Any insights?

 

[fresher]

Are you friend of Neil Patel ?

 

[Archard]

Are you friend of Neil Patel ?

Would of asked him directly mate. But yeah, now reading what I just write, it looks more like a sale pitch, lol.
None the less, the question remains. Is this a thing wit insane low sentences all looking like an independent paragraph? Does this do wonders in terms on better ranking articles on their own?

 

[topakins]

I think he's able to pull that off because he's an authority.

Lately, I've been seeing some leading content blogs advocating that style. Many of these IM authorities have big budgets to test everything they do. So it may be something to consider.

 

[Level80Elf]

I'm not sure how this is supposed to increase website ranking, but it's definitely harder to read than, say, this thread.

 

[fresher]

Would of asked him directly mate. But yeah, now reading what I just write, it looks more like a sale pitch, lol.
None the less, the question remains. Is this a thing wit insane low sentences all looking like an independent paragraph? Does this do wonders in terms on better ranking articles on their own?

lol i just pop the question, Becoming friend with Neil Patel is honored.
i dono. Would of asked him directly mate

 

[Pinktoe]

What does "would of" mean?

 

[mickyfu]

Are you friend of Neil Patel ?

I am, he washes my car at the weekend for a fiver.

 

[ziplack]

this thread sound like a promoted/paid thread.

 

[Deleted member 855230]

In my opinion, Neil's writing style is the future of SEO content.

People aren't wanting to read novels online. They want clear, punchy text. It's just EASIER on the eyes. I've seen people that put 400 words in a single paragraph, with two or three sentences total. What the fuck was the article about? I dont know. tl;dr

By breaking the written content into smaller groups, he is able to help with his bounce rate because he doesn't scare people off. I'll admit, I have fallen into a couple of his 6,000 word posts, and I end up reading the entire thing, because ... it just happened!

One of the biggest advantages, is the one most overlooked. The length of his posts are capable of ranking highly for hundreds and sometimes thousands of keywords! Why? Because there are more words on that single url that can be picked up by google. Example, he will have a 4 or 5k article on SEO. If he MAXIMIZES his usage of keywords and LSI keywords, he is able to rank for a MASSIVE list of relevant keywords. This in effect, also lets you link to the article for more than just the single keyword, and have actual substance behind the LSI, rather than just a simple mention.

The article is then building a shitload of authority, because the bounce rate is low, and you have a shitload of links, and shares.

It makes brilliant sense, and it's one of the things that influenced my writing service to contain a "minimum" writing length.

When I write, I will use hemingwayapp.com. It will show you the reading level of your articles. I try to keep it around 6th-9th personally. Depending on what I'm writing about, I've gone down as low as 4th grade. But that's because I was writing about video games!

I like to keep the sentences short, as if I were writing a speech. Commas and periods in my mind, are places where you can stop and take a breath before continuing. If you're a writer, or trying to learn, I would first try to write like this.

I'm no scholar, but I'm no idiot. Take my advice with a disclaimer: It's all just my opinion based upon my own experiences and critical reasoning of the concepts he presents.

 

[Gromit]

He also has to make room for the 50 or so ads with his highly punchable face.

The reason most articles online are utter shit is because they lack any personality whatsoever.

 

[Deleted member 855230]

He also has to make room for the 50 or so ads with his highly punchable face.

The reason most articles online are utter shit is because they lack any personality whatsoever.

Hahahaha. This is totally true.

But if you were to copy/paste the content into a text file to scrub the images, and then copy/paste the scrubbed article into a word file, or google docs, etc. You're left with a few thousand words.

 

[ContentWriter]

Hi, @Archard.

Neil Patel's writing style is not the standard in content writing but it helps him achieve a very good readability score.
Short sentences and simple words are some of the factors that are checked for readability.

I suggest taking a look at the Hemingway App mentioned by @SensualTyrannosaurus. It's one of the useful content writing tools our writers and editors use.
I'll share other tools that check readability scores, too.

readable.io/text/
online-utility.org/english/readability_test_and_improve.jsp

I hope that helps.

Jaycee

 

[Deleted member 855230]

Hi, @Archard.

Neil Patel's writing style is not the standard in content writing but it helps him achieve a very good readability score.
Short sentences and simple words are some of the factors that are checked for readability.

I suggest taking a look at the Hemingway App mentioned by @SensualTyrannosaurus. It's one of the useful content writing tools our writers and editors use.
I'll share other tools that check readability scores, too.

readable.io/text/
online-utility.org/english/readability_test_and_improve.jsp

I hope that helps.

Jaycee

The one drawback, is when you are trying to write in a descriptive, eloquent way. Then Hemingwayapp is like "hey dickhead: too long, too big, too difficult." It literally says this. Well, maybe not literally... That must have been my own content that said that...

 

[ContentWriter]

The one drawback, is when you are trying to write in a descriptive, eloquent way. Then Hemingwayapp is like "hey dickhead: too long, too big, too difficult." It literally says this. Well, maybe not literally... That must have been my own content that said that...

We experience this also when we use Grammarly.

The bottom line is to exercise sound judgment when using writing tools. Only writing tools can ruin your personality in writing if you will heed their advice to the tee. I suggest to those who write their own content to use these tools as guides only.

 

[Gromit]

Hahahaha. This is totally true.

But if you were to copy/paste the content into a text file to scrub the images, and then copy/paste the scrubbed article into a word file, or google docs, etc. You're left with a few thousand words.

Him and Brian Dean have a very similar way of laying out their posts and both use a fair amount of subheadings too. Whatever we may think of punchbag patel, the format he uses works, even those god awful ads he has.

The most notable thing about both of them is they don't write like a wikipedia entry, which is what the bulk of writers end up doing.

 

[Deleted member 855230]

Orwell and Hemingway both hated drawn out speech. They were both "somewhat" successful

 

[Gromit]

They didn't have to write for both people and google's mongo algorithm though.

 

[Archard]

We experience this also when we use Grammarly.

The bottom line is to exercise sound judgment when using writing tools. Only writing tools can ruin your personality in writing if you will heed their advice to the tee. I suggest to those who write their own content to use these tools as guides only.

As a content writer, would you use this type of style or writing technology news articles? Would it make sense in not using the long, passive voice type over short and simple?

 

[ContentWriter]

As a content writer, would you use this type of style or writing technology news articles? Would it make sense in not using the long, passive voice type over short and simple?

Hi, @Archard. We have our own writing guidelines. It's the "bible" of our writing and editorial teams. Writing thick walls of paragraphs is a no-no. Each paragraph should not exceed 5 sentences. Sentences should not be lengthy, too.

Do you maintain a Google News-approved website?