Ask What should a marketer do when their content keeps getting outranked by much shorter articles?

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It feels frustrating when a marketer puts a lot of work into a long article, only to see a much shorter piece rank higher on search engines. Sometimes shorter content wins because it answers the question faster without wasting the reader's time. A marketer facing this might need to study how the top article is structured and trim their own content down to focus only on what readers actually need. What do you think makes shorter articles rank better than longer ones?