Comments on: 6 Surefire Strategies for Bringing Your Old Blog Posts Back to Life http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/6-surefire-strategies-for-bringing-your-old-blog-posts-back-to-life Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:42:14 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Andrey Milyan http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/6-surefire-strategies-for-bringing-your-old-blog-posts-back-to-life/comment-page-1#comment-318 Andrey Milyan Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:55:32 +0000 http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/blog/2007/02/6-surefire-strategies-for-bringing-your-old-blog-posts-back-to-life.html#comment-318 I always try to put myself in my website visitor's shoes. Blog archive page usually gives you a bunch of dates to choose from. If I'm looking for a post on a specific topic, would a drop down with an endless list of dates help? Unlikely. If you have your archive page organized into categories, with recent post headlines clearly visible, it should be much more helpful. On this website, we split our posts into categories that have been organized as a navigation menu. To be honest, I'm not a big fan of blog format, as I feel a lot of content gets lost and becomes virtually inaccessible (save for links from other sites and search engines). The things I mention above are just some of the ways to try to make as much of your archive accessible as possible. I always try to put myself in my website visitor’s shoes. Blog archive page usually gives you a bunch of dates to choose from. If I’m looking for a post on a specific topic, would a drop down with an endless list of dates help? Unlikely.

If you have your archive page organized into categories, with recent post headlines clearly visible, it should be much more helpful. On this website, we split our posts into categories that have been organized as a navigation menu.

To be honest, I’m not a big fan of blog format, as I feel a lot of content gets lost and becomes virtually inaccessible (save for links from other sites and search engines). The things I mention above are just some of the ways to try to make as much of your archive accessible as possible.

]]> By: UIS http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/6-surefire-strategies-for-bringing-your-old-blog-posts-back-to-life/comment-page-1#comment-317 UIS Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:43:15 +0000 http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/blog/2007/02/6-surefire-strategies-for-bringing-your-old-blog-posts-back-to-life.html#comment-317 Does the archives page work? Does the archives page work?

]]> By: Justin Ver Burg - SureFire Strategies http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/6-surefire-strategies-for-bringing-your-old-blog-posts-back-to-life/comment-page-1#comment-316 Justin Ver Burg - SureFire Strategies Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:16:28 +0000 http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/blog/2007/02/6-surefire-strategies-for-bringing-your-old-blog-posts-back-to-life.html#comment-316 Thank you for the useful information. That's a good point you make that blogs "are not for everyone." Best regards! Thank you for the useful information. That’s a good point you make that blogs “are not for everyone.” Best regards!

]]> By: Andrey Milyan http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/6-surefire-strategies-for-bringing-your-old-blog-posts-back-to-life/comment-page-1#comment-315 Andrey Milyan Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:26:30 +0000 http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/blog/2007/02/6-surefire-strategies-for-bringing-your-old-blog-posts-back-to-life.html#comment-315 Well, it takes time to get the blog up and running. If you are worried about your image being hurt by the lack of comments, you can always disable comments for a time being, and then bring them back once the traffic picks up. I am not really familiar with flashlight market so I'm not sure if the blog is going to work well. It is clearly a very niche market so the success of your blog will depend on what you are planning to offer there. Do keep in mind that marketing tools like blogs, social media, etc. are not for everyone. You will need to figure out for yourself whether these tools will work with your target audience. Well, it takes time to get the blog up and running. If you are worried about your image being hurt by the lack of comments, you can always disable comments for a time being, and then bring them back once the traffic picks up.

I am not really familiar with flashlight market so I’m not sure if the blog is going to work well. It is clearly a very niche market so the success of your blog will depend on what you are planning to offer there.

Do keep in mind that marketing tools like blogs, social media, etc. are not for everyone. You will need to figure out for yourself whether these tools will work with your target audience.

]]> By: Justin Ver Burg - SureFire Strategies http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/6-surefire-strategies-for-bringing-your-old-blog-posts-back-to-life/comment-page-1#comment-314 Justin Ver Burg - SureFire Strategies Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:17:36 +0000 http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/blog/2007/02/6-surefire-strategies-for-bringing-your-old-blog-posts-back-to-life.html#comment-314 Do you think that a blog would help our business. We sell high-tech flashlights primarily to males. Do you think that well-to-do-males would spend much time reading a blog on our site? <a href="http://www.lumensflashlights.com" rel="nofollow">LumensFlashlights.com</a> Someone I know set up a blog at <a href="http://www.nickonkenblog.com" rel="nofollow">NickOnkenBlog.com</a> and it seems like the fact that no one has placed any comments may hurt his image. Do you think the issue is that people just don't know about his blog? Or does he need to nurture it more and keep posting new articles regardless of whether people respond? Thank you, Justin Do you think that a blog would help our business. We sell high-tech flashlights primarily to males. Do you think that well-to-do-males would spend much time reading a blog on our site? LumensFlashlights.com

Someone I know set up a blog at NickOnkenBlog.com and it seems like the fact that no one has placed any comments may hurt his image. Do you think the issue is that people just don’t know about his blog? Or does he need to nurture it more and keep posting new articles regardless of whether people respond?

Thank you,
Justin

]]> By: Justin Ver Burg - SureFire Strategies http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/6-surefire-strategies-for-bringing-your-old-blog-posts-back-to-life/comment-page-1#comment-313 Justin Ver Burg - SureFire Strategies Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:04:25 +0000 http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/blog/2007/02/6-surefire-strategies-for-bringing-your-old-blog-posts-back-to-life.html#comment-313 Thanks for making this information public! Thanks for making this information public!

]]> By: Jack http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/6-surefire-strategies-for-bringing-your-old-blog-posts-back-to-life/comment-page-1#comment-312 Jack Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:22:42 +0000 http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/blog/2007/02/6-surefire-strategies-for-bringing-your-old-blog-posts-back-to-life.html#comment-312 This is a great big question for a lot of people looking to build authority sites on a blog platform. It's almost as if they think a static site is any better at keeping information up at the top of a domain. It also assumes people are entering your site ONLY on the front page and not via search results deep into your site. The biggest concern should be how to improve old posts rankings once they start generating some results in the engines. I think a lot of people post and forget that they can edit posts to optimize them for rankings once they see what the post pulls to begin with. Finally, a blog is a web site plain and simple. Actually it is just a database with a query and reporting mechanism to display results. When people understand that part, they loosen up on their old ideas of what a web site should be. A web site should be dynamic and as seo friendly as absolutely possible. (If your goal is to be found.) This is a great big question for a lot of people looking to build authority sites on a blog platform.

It’s almost as if they think a static site is any better at keeping information up at the top of a domain.

It also assumes people are entering your site ONLY on the front page and not via search results deep into your site.

The biggest concern should be how to improve old posts rankings once they start generating some results in the engines.

I think a lot of people post and forget that they can edit posts to optimize them for rankings once they see what the post pulls to begin with.

Finally, a blog is a web site plain and simple. Actually it is just a database with a query and reporting mechanism to display results.

When people understand that part, they loosen up on their old ideas of what a web site should be.

A web site should be dynamic and as seo friendly as absolutely possible.

(If your goal is to be found.)

]]> By: Andrey Milyan http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/6-surefire-strategies-for-bringing-your-old-blog-posts-back-to-life/comment-page-1#comment-311 Andrey Milyan Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:09:47 +0000 http://www.searchmarketingstandard.com/blog/2007/02/6-surefire-strategies-for-bringing-your-old-blog-posts-back-to-life.html#comment-311 Just a note, Pronet Advertising site has changed their layout to a more standard blog layout. Too bad... :( Just a note, Pronet Advertising site has changed their layout to a more standard blog layout. Too bad… :(

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