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CibbuanoHow often should I post to my blog?
October 2nd 2007 05:54
Frequent posting is very important to successful blogging for a number of reasons. The first is that there will always be fresh content to encourage your readers to visit often, preferably every day. The second reason is that the Search Engines love blogs that are frequently updated and will send your blog more traffic not just to your new posts but to all your old posts as well. The third reason is that regular posting will quickly build up the amount of content on your site which is also another key factor in attracting search engine traffic.
So how often should you post in an ideal world?
The simple answer to this question is the more frequently you post the more traffic you will have and posting twice as much will usually result in more than double the traffic.
The absolute minimum number of posts should be three per week to maintain a viable blog. Any less than that and you will be struggling with retaining your readers and keeping the search engines interested.
A good number is 6 times per week. Once per weekday and on Saturday. This means that for every workday your readers will have something new to look at. If you post this often you have every chance of building up a large readership.
More than 6 times per week is even better if you have the time. Blogs which have from 3 to 10 new posts every day can do especially well, however this obviously requires almost full-time dedication to the task which is not possible for everyone. It also depends on your subject matter. There just may not be that much to say on a given topic in one day.
Is there a maximum? I would say that anymore than 20 new posts in a given day would only be read by your most dedicated readers and would probably put off others.
Remember though to spread out your posts. If you are posting 3 times per week have one appear on Monday, then Wednesday, and then Friday. For 6 times a week a new post should appear every weekday and on Saturday. With an Orble blog you can write any number of posts at once and then specify when they should be published using the "Display Time" feature.
So how often should you post in an ideal world?
The simple answer to this question is the more frequently you post the more traffic you will have and posting twice as much will usually result in more than double the traffic.
The absolute minimum number of posts should be three per week to maintain a viable blog. Any less than that and you will be struggling with retaining your readers and keeping the search engines interested.
A good number is 6 times per week. Once per weekday and on Saturday. This means that for every workday your readers will have something new to look at. If you post this often you have every chance of building up a large readership.
More than 6 times per week is even better if you have the time. Blogs which have from 3 to 10 new posts every day can do especially well, however this obviously requires almost full-time dedication to the task which is not possible for everyone. It also depends on your subject matter. There just may not be that much to say on a given topic in one day.
Is there a maximum? I would say that anymore than 20 new posts in a given day would only be read by your most dedicated readers and would probably put off others.
Remember though to spread out your posts. If you are posting 3 times per week have one appear on Monday, then Wednesday, and then Friday. For 6 times a week a new post should appear every weekday and on Saturday. With an Orble blog you can write any number of posts at once and then specify when they should be published using the "Display Time" feature.
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