How many posts should I display on my homepage

I was working with my friend from Muscle Monsters the other day and he was wondering how many posts he should display on his homepage.

Displaying too many posts could cause the reader to become overwhelmed.
Not displaying enough posts could disable the reader from finding interesting content.

So what can we do in such a situation?

Expandable Post Summaries (continue reading)

Firstly, it's important to shorten your home page as it already is. You can do this by applying the continue reading feature to your blog. If you're a Blogger user, check out my continue reading blogger tutorial. By applying this feature to your blog, your pages will become shorter, allowing your readers to quickly scroll over and or scan for articles of interest.

Finding a medium

Displaying too many posts is overwhelming. Not displaying enough posts could cause your best content to be lost in the loop. What is the ideal number of posts to display on a home page? How deep are your readers willing to look into your site for content?

6 - 7 Posts Per Page

From my personal experience, it's best to display only 6 t0 7 posts per page. This includes your home page. I was actually looking at Copy Blogger and I noticed something quite interesting. He has 6 posts on his homepage, yet it's still extremely short. He doesn't have a lot of vertical scrolling.

Extra Homepage tips

Shorten the height of your banner.
Minimize vertical scrolling.
Do post excerpts, continue reading, expandable post summaries.
Try to keep it as simple as possible.

Again, take a look at Copy Blogger. Check out what he does with his home page. See how easy and simple it is and then try adding a similar feel to your own site.

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kei ki said...: i read lots of your post most specially at the adsense parser, i like that one, and thanks for the tips that you said in the video :D i'm still newbie for blogging hahah, and sory for my bad english :D // kei ki = kEvIn; November 24, 2008 6:16 PM
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