Blog posting frequency.
It's a very prominent topic.
People argue on how often they should post on their blogs.
You know, I used to be part of that discussion, but nowadays I don't (I am not interested in that debate).
You know why people talk about blog posting frequency?
Because it has an effect on traffic (well, not exactly traffic, I will explain that later on).
In this post, I will tell you why I hate blog posting related discussions (but, there are some awesome posts out there about blog posting frequency).
No, I am not going to do that 😉
I am going to tell you what you need to do – yes, exactly with blog posting frequency.
Note: Some people may not like what I say (heck, many may not agree). But, before I start let me tell you: This is my opinion – from my experience and observation. You are more than welcome to disagree with it – but do state a valid reason.
Blog Posting Frequency: Do I Care How Often You Post?
Now, let's start:
First off, should you worry about blog posting frequency?
Nope. You should just care about it.
As a blogger and reader, I can tell you that I don't care about how often you post (or which day you post), as long as you provide me great value content in a consistent basis.
Now, when I say consistent: It can be once in a month or 3 times a week.
Depends upon you, and depends upon your niche (some niches like technology requires you to post multiple times a week/day, others like blogging don't).
In blog posting frequency, you are the decision maker – if you want to post 3 times a week, have the ideas to do it (I know, I don't) and have the time to do it, go ahead.
Note: If you want, I can show you successful blogs that post daily and blogs that post once or twice in a month.
Blog posting frequency My approach: Be Consistent, but not Regular
I used to worry a lot about being consistent and regular.
Difference, you might ask. Consistent: You post consistently, as in once or twice a week. Regular: You post in specific day of the week like every Monday.
Nowadays, I don't. I just can't.
My approach is simple: Post once a week.
As long as I post, I don't care when.
Do my readers care? Some do, some don't.
(Now, many of you might argue that posting at specific day of the week might help the reader to visit that day – I have one answer for you: As long as your reader finds your content valuable and you treat them well, they will come back to you, no matter which day you post or how many times you post).
So, go ahead.
Be consistent with your blog posting schedule.
But, never worry about being regular.
And, if you aren't convinced yet, there is another advantage:
Not only does posting on random days of week gives you a flexible schedule, but it builds anticipation among your readers (In my case, some visitors visit more times a week to find out if I have posted while others – who didn't subscribe to my RSS – subscribed to keep up).
Blog Posting frequently: Does it increase traffic?
In one word, yes.
In two words, yes and no (well, that's three, right?)
Naturally, when you post more than usual, you will see increase in traffic. But, don't be misguided by that.
You see, when you post more, the visitors who usually visit you, they also start to come back more (because there are more articles).
So, you are essentially getting the same traffic (but that does not mean that posting more frequently doesn't get new traffic – it does, but it is more likely to have a small influence upon new visitors, especially in the blogging niche).
Now, if you want to get more page views for your site, posting more frequently will certainly help. But, posting more frequently doesn't guarantee you any new traffic. It might attract new traffic, but it all comes down to the content you provide and the reader.
Conclusion – What are your thoughts?
Ultimately it comes down to your, your niche and your goals. If your goal is to get more loyal readers, then I recommend you post less and focus more on increasing the quality of your content. Now, if you are just focusing on generating more page views (or if your niche demands it), then do post more .
Now, tell me what do you think?
How often do you post?
Do you think your readers care about which day you post or how often you post?
It isn't a question of quality or quantity, it is a question of you, your niche and your goals.
Thank you!
Well Jeevan, I agree with your points there where you put a different between consistent and regular.
I do post consistently but not regularly and I don’t think my readers care whether which day I post as long as I will post some time around a period of time.
However, for newsletter strategy is a little different. I would say I will be REGULAR for sending newsletter.
Hey Alan,
Glad you agree 🙂
Don’t you think that might be a little annoying? Sending emails every day? Of course, you could always changing the annoyed subscriber into a happy subscriber by providing something of value and keeping them happy 🙂
Thank you for your valuable comment!
I don’t really send newsletter everyday. What I trying to mean here is my newsletter is regular in the way that I send it weekly on every Tuesday (for instance) 😉
Posting regularly can be helpful!
But this doesn`t mean that ONLY FREQUENTLY POSTING can`t increase traffic.
Exactly my point!
Thanks for the comment, Khaja!
Hi Jeevan,
This is actually the exact topic that I am struggling with at the moment. I used to post an article every twelve hours on the dot, most of which were guest posts. I was getting decent traffic numbers, but little engagement and people coming back. I have since changed the frequency to a post every 2 days, but since doing that my traffic numbers have plummeted.
In conclusion I am now thinking that your suggestion is the best way to go. Around one post a week, but superb quality. Getting a lot of traffic is pointless if you get no engagement from them or if they are not coming back.
Thanks for the useful info 🙂
Hey Scott,
Yes, I do understand your situation, Scott. Posting more frequently (regularly, every day) can potentially cause less engagement because people don’t like that.
Glad you like my suggestion. See what works for you (I just shared my observations with you, now what you should do is experiment with it, see what works and stick with it).
Of course 😀
Thanks you for adding value, Scott!
Hey Jeevan,
Love the way you explained it. Writing a similar type of blog post on my blog (I’ve been working on it from 2 months, not yet completed – my bad!).
I usually believe in this: write daily – publish regularly
Now, I’m thinking to post daily on my blog.
Well the reasons are:
>> I’m a full time blogger (so, I’ve plenty of time to research and produce quality content)
>> I love writing
>> I love to share my views with others
>> I love Google traffic 😉
And I can see a lot of improvement in search engine traffic these days (after sticking to daily posting).
Hey Rahul, I can’t believe it:O You have been working on a post from last 2 months? Seems like the post will be diamond for us.:D
BTW, Why do you think that posting regularly can improve search engine ranking? You will lose focus if you try to post daily and you can’t bring quality to your readers. But, Maybe you can do it.:D
Hey Rahul,
It’s alright 😉 Sometimes, things just take their time 😀
I wouldn’t recommend you to focus on Search engine traffic, Rahul (Traffic from other sources such as Guest posting are much better – and moreover you have control upon them).
Sure, if you have the time and the ideas, go ahead, write daily (of course, practice writing!) and publish regularly.
You make some pretty valid points, however your prose was slightly off.
My $0.02: posting regularly is essential for traffic (for obvious reasons). Above all, posting at a fixed time is extremely important if you want to build a regular audience and a base of returning visitors. People should know at what time in the day posts go up on your blog so that they are greeted with fresh content when they visit your blog.
Hey Craig,
I understand and respect your view.
But, I disagree.
Posting consistently is important, but not regularly. And posting at a fixed time – It doesn’t matter at all – Yes, it may help your readers, but if used correctly, it can be a great tool to build anticipation.
(I know many blogs who are successful, but don’t have a regular posting schedule – they post once or twice a month – but they get tremendous feedback and support for each post they write).
Its a difficult one. Gone are the days when one could set up hundreds of mini-sites and forget about it. Now consistency is the way to go. Posting does not need to be every day but a couple of days is good enough to gain respect in the thorny eyes of the search engines. Most top bloggers are posting either daily or every 2 days with quality content. 2/3 times a week with quality content seems appropriate to me.
Of course, Shalu 🙂
Well, it is your preference. If you want to post 2-3 times a week, you could. For if you want to post once or twice a month, you could.
I know many blogs that excel with both posting schedules.
Thank you for your comment, Shalu!
I agree that its decision that one has to take. But at least a couple of times a week is a must. But if the quality of the articles is so exceptional then once a week is OK but those are for top bloggers.
You are right Shalu, you can not sit on your laurels and expect visitors to come by your blog. Marketing your post plays a big part also.
i personally feel that posting regularly is very important ……….but some have there different technique of posting
Of course, we all have our own perspectives upon it 🙂
Thank you for the comment, Rajkumar!
Hey Jeevan,
it’s an interesting article but isn’t it a bit odd to say “You know, I used to be part of that discussion, but nowadays I don’t (I am not interested in that debate).” but then write an article all about it?
As it’s very easy to find good quality content already on the internet, then the most important factor is quality whether on your own site or guest posting and whatever the frequency. If you have good quality material to post every day, then do so but if a higher posting frequency impacts your quality, then post at the frequency that suits you focusing only on providing good quality and good value to your readers.
That would be my advice,
take care & best wishes,
Alan
Hey Alan,
I mentioned that because most articles on this topic talk about the same stuff (in this one, I try to present new perspective on it – And I think I have done that successfully for the most part).
Of course, Quality content is important, whatever the posting frequency is.
Thank you for your comment, Alan!
I had started out daily but now I am at 3-4 posts per week. Traffic did not really go down and some days actually went up. It really depends on the content and relationship you have build with your readers via comments and social media as well. No sense posting daily if the content is lousy just to throw a post out there. Some readers may not like seeing a new post daily – others may look for it. I had one tweet me and ask if I was okay when I skipped a few days.
Hey Lisa,
Yes, readers’ preference change. What matters is we provide quality content in a consistent manner (in whatever frequency).
That’s great (it must feel good when we know that our readers really care about us).
Thank you for your comment, Lisa!
i would want to say you in a one word- Brilliant
There is a need to post regularly so that the readers have more option to go through new posts and leave their thoughts about the topic. The people who come over frequently may want to read new posts daily. But again what you said about being consistent and regular is absolutely correct.
Hey James,
Of course, it is important that we stick with a schedule (because our readers might be used to it).
Jeevan,
Great thoughts here buddy… I think it all comes down to trust and value. Readers want to be able to Trust that you are going to consistently deliver value to them… If that value comes on Monday one week and Tuesday then next, not a big deal.
These types of details are just minutia that slow you down from creating the great content.
Thanks dude!!
Hanley
Hey Ryan,
Great way to summarize it, Ryan. Yes, trust is what that matters. Once your readers trust that you will deliver valuable content, schedule doesn’t matter at all.
Thank you for your comment, Ryan 🙂
Hey Jeevan,
The main thing is you must be consistent, everyday, once an week or once month. Just make sure you deliver the goods on the day they expect, if you pack some much heat in your post that you can afford to post less often – sure go for it. Most bloggers can not withhold content for weeks, unless you reach some guru status.
Not everyone can be bothered to keep checking too see if an update has been made, people simply un-bookmark your blog and never return.
Hey Simmeon,
Well, I agree that we must be consistent. Yes, we must encourage our readers to subscribe to RSS or newsletters (well, in the blogging industry, I think most people are aware of that and do subscribe – instead of returning every now and then – looking for the content).
Personally, I think it is much better to build the anticipation by posting on random days (but, being consistent – like once or twice a week).
Thank you for the comment!
Hey Jeevan,!
Interesting post! When I was just entered in Blogging I was wasting a lot of time and effort by posting daily, but I lost focus. Now I focus to provide quality to my readers and I don’t care about quantity. I do agree with you, if a reader find a post useful, they will come back.
I’ve heard that posting daily can improve the search engine ranking, what do you say on this?
BTW, I love to read such posts like this used short paragraphs.
Thanks,
Ehsan U.
Hey Ehsan,
Glad you agree and glad that you are working on the principle of providing quality content 🙂
Yes, it has some influence on search engine rankings (but, I don’t pay attention to that, because I don’t really care about SEO).
Thanks for the comment!
Having a tutorial blog, you can’t post everyday not even 4 post per week. It’s really hard to come up with different ideas that your readers would love, what I do is post twice a week and engage it with them. Gives me enough time to create another one 🙂 Thanks for the post Jeevan!
Of course, we must also look on how ideas come to us – What we find most comfortable – whether posting every day or 2 times a week.
Thank you for your comment, Sanjay!
I’ve tested out posting daily, posting 3x a week, and posting every other day and have found that every other day works great for me. The rest of the time I spend on social networking site connecting with like minded people, my audience, and building my brand.
I judge my posting frequency based on the blogs that I read. If they post daily, I lost track and can’t keep up. BUT, if they post daily and have compelling titles and great content, I’ll just catch up when I can. If I’m not into their content, then I just stop following them.
So my goal is to continue with my schedule, work on creating better titles, and always deliver great content.
Whatever works for you, you should follow it!
Of course, we must also be careful when picking blogs to read and network with; pick blogs and bloggers who are like us, who strive to succeed, but has not given up.
Thank you for your comment, Kimberly!
I personally blog when I have something I am interested in or excited about, but I am a personal blogger so it is not as important, but here is the thing, I often start reading blogs and if they do not post for a while I tend to forget they exist, now that might just be me but if you are into the traffic aspect you should post more often than not.
again just my opinion.
Hey Brian,
Of course, I can understand that happening, but by providing awesome content we can make up for that (Example is Social Triggers – Awesome blog, awesome posts, and the author posts only once or twice a month – that too, on a random day, but still the blog is very successful).
Thank you for your comment, Brian!
I agree with you Jacob. I never cared about frequency If I can write 2 posts a day then I am gonna post 2 articles. If I cannot write for 2 days then I will not write. I think whenever I feel I can write I just sit and write for my blog.
Thanks for your views
Hey Atish,
Of course, that’s my attitude too – but I try to be consistent, by posting once a week (I think that’s important).
Thank you for the comment, Atish!
yes thats fine bro
I post everyday to my blog (excluding weekends) people tell me to make it more natural, but I look at it as I go to work 5 days a week.
Hey Peter,
Great! If it works for you, stick with it 🙂
Thank you for the comment, Peter!
Wonderful post Jeevan, whilst I feel the same to a degree, I do appreciate the fact that blogging less means you can concentrate on giving your readers greater content, and great content on a consistent basis is all you need to get traffic, not necessarily by putting more posts out daily.
Thank you Fabrizio!
Of course, to the most part, posting less frequently does mean we focus more on the quality 🙂 How about you, Fabrizio? How often do you post?
Thank you for the comment 🙂
Good post Jeevan. I see this come up all the time and I am shocked that some can even post more than 4 times a week. For myself, I don’t have time working a day job to have that kind of time to post frequently. I tend to rotate from 2 times a week and the other week might be 3. But I don’t kill myself trying to post for the sake of posting.
I have seen some bloggers freak out if they don’t keep up with their schedule and I sit back thinking, “your readers aren’t going to roll over and die” if you don’t post for one day. My heart has to be in a post or I just won’t write period. I would rather publish content that adds value and helps others than post for the sake of doing it. People can read BS and if you half- a– your posts, everything else suffers. Its just not worth it.
Thank you Sonia,
Of course, I see many bloggers who quit blogging just because they can’t keep up with blogging (not only does it take time to write those ideas, but writing every day in the blogging industry will result is us facing writer’s block – due to mood, stress or lack of motivation). The topics are limited (well, unless we come up with some new techniques, things are just the same).
Agree 😀
Thank you for your comment, Sonia!
Hey Rahul,
To an extent, you are right. But, that’s not the actual case. You may get more traffic, but is that traffic really targeted? Depends. And moreover, it is safer to depend on other traffic sources than on Search engines for traffic (Especially, with all these penguin updates!). Posting less or more – doesn’t matter much. What matters is you provide quality content.
Thank you for your comment, Rahul!
Hey Puneet,
Posting regularly doesn’t earn you any money. First of all, what do you do now to earn money (I can only suggest a solution after knowing that).
I agree with your opinion Jeevan.
It all depends on what is your goal. If you are looking to grow your follower base, which I think is the most important, then focus on writing less than writing for the sake of it.
Hey Sam,
Glad you agree. Yes, depending upon our goal, we can tweak our posting schedule 🙂
Thank you for the comment!
Great article with some good points. But as you say in the end it’s up to each of us to see what works and what doesn’t. It’s not easy to find that rhythmic beat to our post, tweets, and other online releases that works best. So it’s nice and prudent to study what all the “experts” have to say but we all have to do our own research and study to see if their advice works for us. It’s this attention to detail and watching the behavior of our followers that in the end makes us successful.
Hey Frank,
Of course, we must listen to the experts and at the same time, experiment – see what works best for us, stick with it, tweak it to get better results.
Thanks for the comment, Frank!
I guess the purpose of posting frequently – say, daily – more likely boils down to SEO. Those who just start up are making a lot of posts so they have more content. Once they’re satisfied with the content, they’ll tone it down.
Well, that is the case for now – most new bloggers tend to publish too soon or too late (every day vs once or twice a month). We need to find what works for us and our niche – stick with it.
Posting regularly is very important as it keeps visitors in touch and gives latest updates.. Regularly posting increases page rank and traffic.
Yes, posting everyday can help in terms of SEO – but, it doesn’t matter. What matters is we write for our audience, provide quality content. Almost always (in blogging niche), posting everyday means less quality stuff (because there isn’t a lot of stuff to talk about in the blogging niche, unless you find new techniques).
Yep..!! So true.. Quality of content effect instead of quantity.
Can there really ever be TOO much blog updates? I mean if the content is quality and original for each post doesn’t seem like it would be bad. I mean news sites post multiple stories per day for example and it keeps it fresh.
Well, it depends upon the niche. News is a niche that never goes old (because there is new news/things happening every minute). As for other niches, that might not be the case.
In my case, it all comes down to “whenever I fill like it”. Seriously, I found that forcing myself to write new posts will eventually lead to low quality articles. So I usually do it whenever I get a new idea, this usually happens at least once per week but it can also happen 3 times per day….
I know not many blogger tend to post like this but it works for me…
Hey Cristian,
I do the same 😀 Although, I try to keep at one per week 🙂 Not only does this give me the flexibility of posting whenever during the week, but it also allows me to build anticipation.
Thanks for the comment, Cristian!
In my case, it all comes down to “whenever I fill like it”. Seriously, I found that forcing myself to write new posts will eventually lead to low quality articles. So I usually do it whenever I get a new idea, this usually happens at least once per week but it can also happen 3 times per day….
I know not many blogger tend to post like this but it works for me….
Posting Monday-Friday for me has landed me 669 visitors in my first month. The first week I was getting everything set up and last week I was on vacation, so I am only at 14 posts for the month.
I haven’t had this blog online long enough to test things out, but my initial plan was to get my blog to 100 posts then post just once per week. At that point, most of my marketing would be behind the scenes to build my list via my squeeze page.
As for timing, I have been doing email marketing for 2 years now and I noticed that when I broadcasted at 6:15am every day for a week, I would average 10% more clicks from my list per mailing. I wonder if the same goes for blogging.
Thanks for the awesome post,
-Gabe
Hey Gabe,
Well, it is good and bad (Are those unique visitors you are talking about? If so, it is good).
The only thing bad about that is once you get to 100, your readers would be expecting you to post regularly (that might lead to some frustration etc).
Anyways, good luck:)
Thanks for the comment!
Hi Jeevan!
I agree with you on that posting consistently on your blog and producing valuable content is really crucial and if you are providing the solutions to your readers in your niche than that is great but post regularly working awesomely and for me its all about providing the solution on the particular time.
Hey Ayaz,
Well, it doesn’t have to be at the particular time or day – as long as you are consistent (like once in a week), it is fine 🙂
Thanks for the comment, Ayaz!
As per my point of view, posting a new article or post once or twice every week can go well the readers coming up to read the posts quite regularly. Every week they would have a new topic to learn, gain knowledge and exchange their thoughts which is fair enough for the blogger as well as the audience.
Hey Thomas,
Well, that depends upon the post quality and the experience of your readers (what one person finds valuable may not be valuable to someone else).
Anyways, thanks for the comment!
Hey Jeevan, a very informative post… I just started my new blog and yesterday i was thinking (also wrote) about my slow blogging speed… learned a lot from your post… Thanks
HI Jeevan,
I definitely do agree – Consistency and valuable information is what matter to a user. No matter if they find you on search engines or if they are using the RSS feed from your website. This is what truly matter to the average reader.
Hey Anton,
Glad you agree, Anton. So many people these days focus too much on SEO and forgets about what their readers want or how they readers will react.
Thank you for the comment!
I think Now I have to stop daily posting. The main problem which I face with day to day posting is : loss of ideas. Sometimes nothing comes into my mind.
And after reducing my posting to 3 to 4 days a week, my subscribers have increased a lot. Thanks for the post.
Hey,
Of course, if you find writing daily hard, you should switch to a schedule that works for you. Glad you found the switch suitable.
Thanks for the comment!
From what I understand google also like you to update your site frequently. I noticed a 2 week period where I only posted a couple of articles the number of google searches seemed to drop.
I also appreciate from advice on another post here that you cant worry about it and post everyday as you will end up burning yourself out.
Personally I try to post 2 maybe 3 high quality articles written by me every week and then pepper those with maybe a couple of guest posts and I am seeing my traffic increase (and earnings) month on month.
As you said the frequency is not something you should worry about but it is something you should monitor
Hey Craig,
Of course, posting daily might help SEO (but, we should post for our readers, not for Search engines).
Great, whatever works for you 🙂
Thank you for your comment, Craig!
I did not mean to come across as an SEO junkie.
Of course readers come first which is why I write 90% of the content myself and always ensure it is useful but anyone who blogs and monetises their site monitors what search engines like too.
I am not talking about letting the quality of the content dip for the sake of SEO I am saying if you can please both your readers and the search engines surely that is a bonus and by getting you posting frequency right you can do that.
Of course, Craig. Keeping a balance would be a great thing to do – I think, you can do that by being consistent with the posting.
I recently increased the amount of posts I’m generating for my travel blog to three a week. Some of this traffic is from new visitors, from around the world. I’m guessing this is from RSS feeds.
Hey John,
Glad you are seeing an increase in traffic 🙂 Yes, if posting 3 times a week works for you, go for it.
Thanks for the comment, John!
It’s quite easy to compromise on the quality of content in order to increase the posting frequency on a blog. Whether you are posting once a week, twice or thrice a week, you should be consistent with the schedule while continuing to deliver excellent quality with each piece of content that you publish.
Nice article, thanks.
Hey Faissal,
Of course, Faissal. What matters is that we are consistent and we deliver quality content to our readers,
Thank you for your comment!
Well explained friend,
First of all I think regular posting is help us to increase crawler rate also, Do you agree with me ?
Of course, posting more frequently does result in Google crawling you more (because you have more pages). But, that doesn’t necessarily increase our time or our readers.
i absolutely recommend you to be frequently updated to keep your visitors . seriously this is my experience in my business life on internet . posting frequently can help very much . thanks for sharing
Hey Mahmodd,
Of course, posting frequently can help, but it isn’t necessary. But, being consistent with posting is 🙂
Yes, if you post regularly it might help you but it doesn’t make all what you need.
Of course 🙂
Thanks for the comment!
Posting regularly – within reason – doesn’t seem vital to me. So long as your content is strong and by not posting as regularly as some of your competitors you don’t lose out and miss the mark, or a decisive moment when something relevant should be said.
Hey Elena,
Of course, Elena. That gives us flexibility (I post once a week, and I can post whenever I want, and I do).
Thanks for the comment!
for me as long as google grabs What you post, it doesn’t matter When you post
Of course, Divyansh!
Thank you for the comment!
I would have to agree with what Christian says. Forcing myself to write a blog only diminishes the quality of it. I try post something when I feel it has a type of value that a reader will find informative or interesting. Whether I do a blog post once a day or once a week, I want something that is more than just words on a page. I want it to be relevant to a thought or subject that i find interesting and worth sharing.
Hey Gilroy,
Of course, forcing isn’t a good idea. I am glad that you care about giving something of value to your readers, Gilroy. Thanks for the comment!
As far as I’m concerned, I used to publish 3-4 blog posts every month and publishing few guest posts every Monday morning.
Good. Just stick with that schedule 😉
Thanks for the comment, Anil!
This is a topic that has bothered me lately. Personally, I consider that we ought to posts at least 1-2 articles every week, as to send a good signal to the search engines. In addition, the returning visitors generally like fresh content, therefore we should try to satisfy their needs.
Could not agree more. If you can please both the search engines and your visitors you are doing something right
Hey Jack,
We don’t have to post 1-2 articles per week to attract search engines; we just need to provide quality content in a consistent manner (I know many blogs that only publishes once or twice a month – high quality posts -, gets lots of traffic and search engines love those blogs!).
Thanks for the comment!
Hey Jeevan
I try and be consistent in how often I post but I’m not rigid about it. Usually I try and post twice a week and I don’t think my readers worry too much about which days that is.
What I do really try and be rigid about though is visiting other people’s blogs and commenting as much as I can every day. For me, building a blog is also about building relationships and a community.
Hey Tim,
Glad you care about and keep a consistent schedule, Tim.
Of course, consistent commenting is also good for blogging (Well, it is kind of required for blogging, depending upon our goals).
As a reader it doesn’t really bother me as I don’t check blogs, I just put their RSS feed into my RSS Reader program and thus this alerts me to new posts. 🙂
Of course, most people do that instead of visiting blogs directly. Saves a lot of time!
Very interesting. I started my blog 4 weeks ago and have tried to post almost everyday. For me it was more about getting fresh new content into the hands of the Google, Yahoo and Bing’s of the world. But it is hard to keep it up. So I now focus on longer articles with better content. I will listen to the advice in this post.
Thanks!
This is really a great point to discuss about. How often should we update our blog. It may be once in a month or thrice in a week or daily, its all up to you. It don’t matter so much, I think whatever the frequency of your posts that doesn’t matter but the quality of the post makes your visitors to come back again and again. But the frequency is totally depends in your blog’s niche. If we have a technical blog then we must update it more than once in a day. So choose your frequency according to your niche.
Informative post,I ususally posts at least one post per day,i think that’s good
I try to post twice monthly on my blog and I know if I really want to push I should be doing it at least weekly its just getting the time to do it weekly is the difficult part. I tend to use twitter daily for smaller post and interesting points to give that daily interaction.
This totally depends on a niche, my niche is a news blog and requires frequent updates and that of course is not an easy task.
Often I run out of ideas and cannot think of anything to write about… Do you have any tips for overcoming this bloggerblock?
Nice article jeevan, what should be the blog posting frequency, totally depends on what’s your blog niche. News blogs have to remain updated whereas how to or blogs related to wordpress, SEO needs to give more priority to quality and consistency.
I write when I have something to say (or a creative urge to play with words and think someone else might get a kick out of reading it). That’s why sometimes I’ll post six times in a day, and sometimes won’t post more than three times in a month. I don’t pump out the words JUST to pump out the words. 😉
As a reader, the only reason I care how often or when you post is this: Out of sight, out of mind. Sorry, but there are just too many bloggers out there – people I LIKE, people whose writing I LOVE, people who often write on the same darned topics over and over – wait, I digress – anyway, unfortunately, it sometimes comes down to who does the best promotion WHEN I have time to read and care. Because that hits at the same eccentric frequency as the urge to write (different times, mind you, but it’s about as “regular”) and there’s a fine line between “reminding” and “annoying” me. 🙂 The blogger who gets THAT right, wins.
Everyone talks about their “list.” Well, let me tell you – if you can get me to subscribe to your blog feed using feedburner and email, you’ve got it licked. I’ll read. You may not know I’m around, but I can find you in my inbox. The second trick is to write something that makes me want to throw my two cents’ worth into the comments – because I can’t DO that from the email! 🙂
If I’m not yet subscribed, the way to get me there is probably a personal invitation. No, don’t pop up in my IM like one of the critters in Whack-a-Mole!! Post on my wall or send me a PM telling me why you think I’ll be interested in the post. Or post an intriguing “teaser” blurb in a group or on your own wall.
Commenting on MY posts, with links back to YOUR posts (God bless Andy Bailey and his CommentLuv!) is a great way to get me to come visit. It’s like adding your own bookmarks to my blog. I may not make it over today, but I WILL come take a look – and I can easily find you again, if you took the time to do that. I’m secretly hoping, of course, that you’ll check out the link I’m leaving with this comment – it’s a contest entry, and your shares and comments can help me win. 😉 But see, that’s not the only reason I’m here. I really came just for Ileane’s discussion on posting frequency.
I can’t possibly read everything. Ever. I have books to read, too. I have books to write. I have work, family, and other fun things I want to do with my life. I hope everyone, here, reading this, does too. So I think we should all recognize that in a day with limited seconds and minutes, each one someone spends reading our stuff is a gift. And we should strive to give something of value for those precious minutes. Not just throw up posts to throw up posts on some “schedule.”
Jeevan, are you entering this round? 🙂 This is an excellent post, by the way. Definitely caught my eye and set me back half an hour or so, reading and commenting. LOL (I didn’t really want to clean my car before work, anyway, right?)
Did BBT eat my comment, or is it languishing in moderation? (It was my usual brand of “write a guest post in comments,” so no way am I going to attempt to replicate it! 😉
When I first started blogging I was so excited that I used to spent 10 hours a day blogging and I was getting a good traffic also. But now I am out of ideas or enen I have a post idea I just don’t care to write about it.
hmm, going out of ideas…how it’s even possible? The world is in front of you, watch, feel, even smell it. If you have a personal blog and not a specified niche one, you can write about anything…your life, your emotions, your views of the things around you…But if you’re trying to make a commercial one…well that’s not a blog anymore imo. It’s just a website.
Hi Jeevan,
I must say that you have differentiated the meaning of consistency and regularity so well.
Being consistent while posting should be the idea.It makes a lot of sense as you will get the time to write more blogs and answer them too easily.It will remove the emptiness of being regular.
I would say that this is some pretty sound advice. It all comes down to how interesting what you write actually is to the people in your niche. If you have nothing to say then don’t bother writing fluff no-one cares about in an effort to pretend you do.
Hi,
A great post, a great commentary, an interesting topic and a plethora of opinions. I buy into the comments around quality and value exceeding regularity and consistency however, enough people have convinced me that the SE’s low fresh, valuable content so from that perspective and that of blogluv, consistent and regular content refresh/submit is key.
My main challenge – finding time. Unfortunately! Seriously!!! I’m not a full time blogger. I’d love to be but I’m so far from making money on what I do that I can not even phantom leaving my day job. That leaves me to focus on my passion for 3-4 hours tops per day and into the wee hours of the morning.
Am I the only non-full time blogger doing this and facing a huge challenge never being able to do what I really want to do with my sites?
Cheers,
Lucas
Im going to disagree here. I think as long as your content is unique and provides value to your current reader base plus any new potential reader you should get out as much as possible.
Never is more unique valuable content bad in my opinion.
Almost nobody will ever care how frequently you blog or whether you have blogged for a while. They are busy with their own lives. If somebody misses your posts so much that an irregular schedule affects them, they really need to get a life.
Very good article. There is no one magic formula as to when to blog or how often. However, quality content and good writing will also help you succeed.
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It’s not that more article more traffic, Post frequently but you need to professional and make a good blog with unique content. A brilliant blog can bring more traffic and reader also like this and come again and again. About the personal blog and if not any specific niche then you can write anything like your emotion.
This is such a refreshing post – thank you.
It can become extremely stressful as a blogger, if you are constantly feeling like you have to post all the time. It used to be that a few times a week was fine, then prominent bloggers started saying once a day was ideal, and now it is at the point that several times a day works. As I am not hiring people to write my articles – I prefer to write in my own voice – this is hardly realistic.
I also need to spend time marketing and networking, etc, so I just can’t spend all my time writing, and personally I get really annoyed when bloggers send me a daily email of their latest posts – it’s too much!
I agree with you that high quality and consistency is key, rather than rushing out posts several times a day – and I’d question the quality of posts that can be rushed out that quickly! You’ve eased my mind and I felt inspired to share your post on blogbods so other newbie bloggers don’t get bent out of shape about posting frequency as I have been. Quality over quantity everytime!
I don’t follow a strict schedule. If I have a good topic, I do my best to write a good content. Publishing daily is somehow difficult since I have kids to look after. But I think that less posts but better content is of great value.
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