Thursday, August 16, 2012

To Truncate, or Not to Truncate?

THAT is the question! (No offense to Hamlet...)


You may have noticed that I went through and truncated each of my posts (i.e. made Blogger display only the first paragraph or two of each post on my blog home page), so that now you have to click "Read More" in order to read a whole post. The question is, is this a good change, or a bad one?

When I first started seeing blogs with truncated posts, it bugged me to have to clickto read a post (a whole extra finger movement... sheesh!) Now, however, I appreciate not having to scroll down/back through dozens of posts to find the one I'm looking for.

But what do YOU think? Yea, or nay? If you can see multiple posts at a glance, are you MORE or LESS likely to click and read an entire post? Thanks in advance for the input!


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7 comments :

  1. JoAnn SweetPepperRoseAugust 16, 2012 at 9:55 AM

    I've thought about doing that myself; however, after looking through several blogs, I decided that I did not like to click on the "read more" button, and so I simply limit my posts to 1 per page, allowing my home page for my most recent post, in its entirety.
    JoAnn

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  2. OklahomaredheadAugust 16, 2012 at 12:45 PM

    I love blogs that way because then you easily find what you are looking for. I put mine on magazine style here on blogspot.com and really enjoy how it looks. Well at least that's what I think!

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  3. SharonAugust 16, 2012 at 5:07 PM

    Not to truncate. :)

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  4. Jaye @ Just Trying to Make Cents of it All!August 17, 2012 at 4:39 PM

    I'm for truncating. But I spent the better part of two hours today trying to figure out how to truncate my posts and never got there! Now I'm going over to figure out what "magazine style" is thanks to that Okalahoman!

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  5. Tim, Allyson, and kidsAugust 17, 2012 at 5:49 PM

    Oh, what a decision. You know I'm not sure which I like better. I guess I still lean towards the full posts. The format I (think I) want to change to when (if ever) I go to WordPress would be 3 full posts and the next 4 posts truncated beneath. Here are a couple examples of what I mean: http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.net/
    http://www.homeschoolcreations.net/

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  6. Tania PelletierAugust 18, 2012 at 7:10 AM

    I hate it... I like to see the pictures first then read and with truncated posts you can't see the pictures! I usually just leave those blogs.

    Tania

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  7. Julie August 26, 2012 at 8:53 AM

    I kind of like it. I like how clean and simple it makes a blog's homepage look. I've wanted to try this with my blog. Thanks so much for sharing. :)

    Julie

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