✨ Use Shorter Sentences as Much as Possible
How Using Short Sentences in Your Content Might Help It Rank Higher in Google?
📝 The balance between words and information in content is crucial.
❌ Using complex, long, and exhausting sentences not only makes your content boring for readers but also makes it harder for search engines to understand and rank higher.
💡 But how does using short sentences in content make sense from a technical standpoint?
The answer is “Dependency Tree.”
🌳 The Dependency Tree is the interpretation of every word in a sentence as an acyclic graph.
🔗 There is a semantic relationship between each word used in a sentence.
📌 The context and meaning of a word change if its position in a sentence is changed.
⚠️ Too long sentences create a long dependency tree, making word connections less clear and meaning diluted.
🎯 The goal?
👉 Give one “piece of information” per sentence.
💡 The Takeaway:
✅ Answer one question clearly in a single sentence.
🚫 Don’t answer many questions vaguely in one sentence.
✍️ Why Sentence Structure Matters in Content Quality
Using the right sentence structure is crucial when aiming for high-quality content. ✅
📏 A long and complex sentence structure may result in what’s called a long dependency tree — which can hurt readability and content clarity.
🌳 What’s a Dependency Tree?
A dependency tree is how a search engine (and even the human brain) interprets the structure of a sentence — like an acyclic graph, where each word connects to another in a specific relationship.
📉 The longer the dependency tree, the greater the chances of the meaning getting diluted between those connected words.
🆚 Let's Compare Two Sentences:
👉 Sentence 1: Apples grow in the garden.
👉 Sentence 2: Apples, ripe and red, grow abundantly in the garden, which has been tended with care by my grandfather for decades, becoming a sanctuary for birds and insects.
📌 The difference is clear:
- Sentence 1 delivers a single, direct message — simple and clear.
- Sentence 2, though rich, becomes overloaded with information, making it harder for both readers and search engines to focus on the main point.
⚠️ What's the Risk?
- Dilution of context ❌
- Cognitive overload for readers 😵
- Reduced clarity for search engines 🤖
Even if your intentions are to add more value, complexity without clarity can reduce overall content quality.
💡 Pro Tip:
✅ One idea per sentence — keep it crisp, clear, and easy to digest.
This improves both user experience and SEO performance.
⛳️ Final Thought:
Good writing isn’t about how many ideas you can stuff into a sentence — it’s about how clearly you can communicate one idea at a time.