More frustrating is the opposite - promising 8 and only sharing 1 or 2 !

Depends on the title.  

Depends on the author.

It just depends.

Depends on the content entirely.  If it's good content that interests me, bring on the series!  I've done a few series, and have gotten great feedback.  I do make sure I link each page to the others in the series to make it easy on readers, I think that's important.

I prefer all in one, unless each blog is long.  If the topic is of interest, I'll find a way to remember to look for the posts.  Otherwise, I won't bother.

I would read it if the topic were of interest even though I might not read the entire series.

I am OK with a series, but would suggest 3/4 max.

It just depends. For example, I just loved Marco Giancola 's Miami Pools series and he did about 21 of them!

I would say break it up but now with the 1000 word total thing maybe not ?? 

I've done a staging series but named each one differently then thru in the 1 of 3. If fact, you don't even have to do that just link in the post for the next in series.

Knowing me, I would end up forgetting or losing interest. I'm an immediate gratification kind of person. 8 pages is too much at one time, though

Depends on the topic and how interested I am.  Based on what you said in the explanation after your question I would say write each post with its own title.  Later go back & add subtitles #1, #2, #3 of Series .... Include links to all eight posts so the reader can find all or just the ones they are really interested in reading.

Just my thoughts Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041 

I like your idea of a series with each blog able to stand on its own.  They can always link back to previous blogs but reading blog 5 of 8 seems pointless unless you want to spend lots of time reading 1 thru 4.

I would probably take a look if the title interested me -- just like starting a book to see if it is any good.

But if the post says that it is #3 or 4 and I have not seen the others, I will skip it because I have no desire to start looking for the earlier posts.

It it is a good read possibly all of them; but most times it is like a book read the first and last chapter's and move on!

It depends on the subject of the series.  If they are teasers, leading to the next one without offering actual useful info until the end, that would annoy me.  If each one offers useful information, I'm fine with that... and would look forward to the next.    I would advise the author to include the schedule for publication, so the reader knows if they will be posted once a day, week or whatever.  

What I hate are those marketing ploys that offer you some great problem solving information, but you have to watch a 20 minute video just to find out you have to buy something to get the miracle cure to solve the problem.  

I have an extremely short attention span so committing to reading 8 blogs could make me faint.

It should be in a series in many case. I would read further, depending on the topc and my interest. I would say that just because you do not read them all that makes the one(s) you read invalid - not sure what you mean by that?!

Break it into a series - if part 1 is promising I will watch for the next posts.  If not - I won't.  But that's just me...

My first thought would be to break the blog up into 8 individual blogs.

Good morning Annette. If it is being done by someone I follow, absolutely.

Depends upon the topic of the post, the author, the length of the post.

I know that on many non-real estate websites, this type of thing is done to increase the number of ads that are displayed.  This helps to increase the sites advertising revenue.

It depends on the topic, but I do get irritated when I see a magazine post that is split into 40 pages with one sentence per page.

Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041 unless it's something that I am looking forward to, I'll go through all 8.

If not, I doubt.

I tend to not write posts in a series either except when it was a contest several years ago and I wrote 10.

If it's posted by a good blogger and looks interesting, sure I'll read it.  

I may begin to read and if I enjoy or get something out of it I will bookmark and return. 

It depends on the subject matter. 

You know my attention span Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041 .  I'd read the first post thinking it was shorter.  If it was interesting, I'd subscribe to the blog.

It depends on the content.  It is unlikely I would read the entire series ... unless it was just something that I find really interesting.

Depends on the topic.  If it's a topic that I am genuinely interested in, yes, I will probably read them all.  If it's too vague, or it does not apply to me, 1-8 is too much commitment for me to read.

Pass

Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041 I would read those of interest as long as the author referenced within the post all previous posts in the series.

I will read the first one and if it doesn't cath my fancy I won't go back

Series is better. Our reading is very shallow. Looking for an image and trying to relate the image to descriptions.

Asking a person to read a series of 8 blogs, seems a bit much for me. I'm not much of a book reader (only completely read a couple books in high school). I'm more of a Cliff Notes guy. (Do they still have those or am I dating myself?)

To ditto Michael Jacobs ...it depends.  I've done a series but not that often.  It has to be compelling to make the reader return. 

Typically they hold no interest for me.

It depends on the topic. I do read series and I have written them myself.

Annette - Of course it would depend on the content, but in general I think 8 would steer me away. A series of 2-3 would be much easier to swallow.

I still read and most likely comment, as I return all of my comments.

totally depends on the rest of the title and if the subject interests me