How many posts per page?

[Ben]

Do you leave the default 10 posts per page as is set in Wordpress, or do you decrease this value?

Since I often post many pics in a post (sometimes as many as 15) I found that the current page can get unwieldy and very slow to load.

I think that 6 posts per page is much better, but will I sacrifice the exposure to older posts?

[pocoloco]

I set values different for each blog. Usually I have 8 till 12 posts per page. It depends on the number of pictures per blogpost and how many times a blog updates.

[Ben]

Thanks Pocoloco.

[Gaystoryman]

I've gone as few as 3, as many as 18, as it depends on how your theme displays them, and how many pics there are. My gay talk blog (http://www.gaystoryman.com/talk/) has I think has 15, while my tube site (http://freexxxgaytube.com/) as 18. Others that are designed different, have considerably less.

[tigermom]

I usually cut it down to 5 or 6 - so that they see more ads alongside the posts (my sidebars are not any longer than that).

[Bec]

I also adjust the posts that show on the main page based on the average length of posts and image content. If 10 loads slowly, I cut it back til it comes up pdf (pretty darn fast) ~!!!!

[anakin]

I think it is better to have less posts because of site speed. Less posts greater speed. Site speed load is important for SEO.