Comments on: Does Blogging Regularity Matter?

By: TradeShow Booth Babes

TradeShow Booth Babes — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:18:23 +0000

[...] of my regular readers may have noticed that I’ve had a bit of a problem with my blogging regularity lately (translation – I haven’t posted in a while… a long while). No, I [...]

By: Wasim

Wasim — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:43:54 +0000

Hey thanks a ton for the compliment Trade Show Guru! Glad you liked it.:)

By: The Trade Show Guru

The Trade Show Guru — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:37:48 +0000

hey Wasim (aka photoshop guru?),
That sounds like a lot of work (but it probably is what google would like to see).
Cool “photoshop guru” website you have. The trade show guru wishes you good karma! ~ Steve, the trade show guru

By: Wasim

Wasim — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:04:54 +0000

I would suggest that we post 2 posts every day which would be unique and about something that interests us. Google loves blogs that are updated on a regular basis. One should always blog as a reader. That’s what I think.

By: Carrot Love | Carrot Art ~ Trade Show Guru

Carrot Love | Carrot Art ~ Trade Show Guru — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:23:11 +0000

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By: The Trade Show Guru

The Trade Show Guru — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:45:11 +0000

Hey GrowMap,
Half of what you wrote went over my head, but I agree! And I agree the best policy is not to worry to much about it and just write good stuff, whenever that is. ~ steve, the non-tweeting-non-twittering trade show guru

By: Internet Strategist @GrowMap

Internet Strategist @GrowMap — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:21:26 +0000

Post frequency affects how often the search engine visits but probably not so much your position in the search results. Since the latest changes Google is doing some really strange stuff.

For example, some Tweets from Twitter are getting onto the first page of results. It will be interesting to see how long they stay.

Reviews in Local Search directories are having an effect on where businesses rank. There are bound to be various algorithmic inputs for activity on Social Networking sites. Getting stumbled at StumbleUpon seems to be a really good way to end up on the first page of the SERPs.

I write for people and do the right thing and hope the search engines and especially Google don’t penalize me for what I do. I refuse to give Google any more power over our collective lives than they’ve already taken.

By: Spam My Blog - Win a Free Link ~ Trade Show Guru

Spam My Blog - Win a Free Link ~ Trade Show Guru — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:32:56 +0000

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By: The Trade Show Guru

The Trade Show Guru — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:29:33 +0000

hi GrowMap,
Thanks for dropping by. I agree that the more quality posts one writes, the more traffic your blog should pull. The challenge is to write the quality posts…
I guess I am really asking, does anyone think that a search engine (i.e. google) would rank a post from a blog that is updated daily any better than an identical (but not duplicate content) post from a blog that is only randomly updated, say monthly, all other factors being equal. The more I think about it, since google is trying to deliver the most relevant page (I think) I don’t see why the regularity with which the blog is updated could be much of a factor.
So for search engines and how they would rank a specific post, I’ve think now it matters little.
For human readers (that aren’t coming via a search engine), it’s a different matter…
And I think on that, most of my commenters above are saying “don’t overwhelm us” and “only publish quality posts, whenever you have one.” ~ Steve

By: Internet Strategist @GrowMap

Internet Strategist @GrowMap — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:52:42 +0000

I suspect the main reason many recommend posting every day is to maximize traffic – especially for bloggers who sell advertising.

If you post once a week and have 100 read each post you have 400 visitors. If you post once a day and have those same 100 readers you will get 3,000 visits in the same month. THIS is probably what is behind the “post every day” recommendation.

It only makes sense that the more times a month you post the more opportunities you create for your regular readers / subscribers to visit. I’d be interested in asking Mitch whether he really “lost” visitors or the same visitors visited less often because there were no new posts to read.

I suspect quality is far more important in the long run because for every reader who wishes you would write every day there will be some who wish you would stop writing so often because they are being overwhelmed with unread items in their reader.