Per the suggestions in the article at the start of this thread, I've started posting my longer posts/articles as pages with posts containing comments about the posts/articles - just snippets with a photo - and I've found that it's working really well.
An article about a camping trip that I wrote just a few days ago is #2 on google for it's targeted keyword phrase.
So, Cricket, it looks like the ideas in the write up do work and are worth the extra effort.
I'd like to see additional discussion on what tips in this article are working for other folks.
