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Blog post examples (457)

A blog post is a single article on a company's blog. Its job is to answer what a reader searched for and lead some of them to the product. See 457 real examples.

How to build a blog post, by the numbers

The questions a team asks when it designs a blog post, answered from the 457 here.

How long should a blog post be?

How long the posts run

  • A long article
    221 blog posts
  • A medium-length article
    183 blog posts
  • A short article
    53 blog posts

Long reads are 48% of the posts and short ones 12%. Write long when the post has to answer a search in full, short when it's an announcement.

Askattest blog post
AskattestMarketingA long read, the length 48% of blog posts run to.Visit

Who wrote it, and when?

  • A named author on 81%
  • A photo next to the byline on 54%
  • A job title on 40%
  • A publication date on 91%
  • A separate last updated date on 22%
Cube blog post
CubeAnalyticsA photo, a name and a job title in the byline, on 54% of blog posts.Visit

What goes in the body?

  • Pictures, screenshots or diagrams on 86%
  • Links to sources on 67%
  • Numbers or data cited on 60%
Datadog blog post
DatadogDeveloper ToolsDiagrams and screenshots inside the text, on 86% of blog posts.Visit

Should the post show the product?

The product is named somewhere in the text on 98% of posts. Far fewer show it: a screenshot of the product inside the article on 25%.

GitBook blog post
GitBookDeveloper ToolsA screenshot of the product inside the article, on 25% of blog posts.Visit

Where does the call to action go?

Where the product call to action sits

  • A product CTA at the end
    310 blog posts
  • No product CTA
    55 blog posts
  • A product CTA mid-article
    54 blog posts
  • A product CTA above the answer
    20 blog posts
  • A product CTA in the sidebar
    16 blog posts
  • At the end on 68%
  • In the middle of the text on 12%
  • None at all on 12%
DATAQUEST blog post
DATAQUESTEdTechThe product call to action at the end of the post, where 68% put it.Visit
SendPulse blog post
SendPulseMarketingA product call to action in the middle of the text, on 12% of blog posts.Visit

What comes after the last paragraph?

  • Links to related posts on 72%
  • Social share buttons on 35%
  • A newsletter signup on 30%
Hetzner blog post
HetznerDeveloper ToolsMore posts to read under the article, on 72% of blog posts.Visit

The moves almost nobody makes

Each sits under 15% of the blog posts here, with the strongest one that uses it.

A table of contents

12% list their own headings, so a reader can jump to the part they came for.

UpSlide blog post
UpSlideFintechA table of contents near the top of the post, which 12% carry.Visit

Code in the body

10% put formatted code in the article.

Aiven blog post
AivenDeveloper ToolsFormatted code inside the post, on 10% of blog posts.Visit

A comments section

2% let readers leave a comment under the post.

MailerLite blog post
MailerLiteMarketingA comments section under the post, on 2% of blog posts.Visit
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FAQ

Blog post design, answered

The questions people ask before designing a blog post, answered from 457 real ones.

How long should a blog post be?

01

Long, as often as not. About half of the posts here are long reads, about two in five are medium length and about one in nine are short. The short ones are mostly announcements and release notes.

Should a blog post show the author?

02

Four in five name the author, a bit over half add a photo next to the byline and about two in five add a job title. Nine in ten show the publication date, and about one in five add a separate last updated date.

Where should the call to action go in a blog post?

03

At the end. Two in three put the product call to action at the bottom, about one in eight in the middle and only a few at the top or in a sidebar. About one in eight carry none at all, though almost every post still names the product somewhere.

Do blog posts need a table of contents?

04

Most skip it: about one in eight carry one. A reading time is more common, on a bit under half, and about seven in ten end with links to related posts.

Should a blog post include images?

05

Nearly nine in ten have pictures, screenshots or diagrams in the body. About one in four show the company's own product inside the article.

How is this different from the best landing pages leaderboard?

06

This gallery is a visual browse: what blog posts look like and what they contain. The best landing pages benchmark is the graded view, where pages are scored against conversion best practices and ranked by industry. Same companies, different question.