There’s nothing quite like a tease to get your apron twisted into a ball. For some blog readers, a blog post that stops at some point in the delivery, just as you were getting warmed up, is infuriating torture. They’re outraged to see that dreaded “Read More” or “Continue Reading” or “More” link appear.

Or not? Judging from the poll at Cre8asiteforums, nobody blows their top at “More”. In fact, they seem fairly tolerant. Most blog readers who participated (so far) will follow a link to continue reading. The consensus is that reading a blog post in full, in one shot, is best but if it can’t done, the world will not end.

A nice user centered touch is a plug-in Bill Slawski recommends that communicates information on the length of a piece, how many images and estimated reading time. This helps readers make an informed decision.

Other comments include reasons why clicking to continue helps with blogs that run multiple posts per day, the dead-end post series that manages to completely forget to link to the other parts of the series and how to purposely write for “More”.

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Do You Like More? - Full blog posts or a preview with a MORE link