Comments on: Increasing the Longevity of Key Posts – Part I

By: 15 Blogging Tips from ProBlogger’s Darren Rowse | Blog Posts

15 Blogging Tips from ProBlogger’s Darren Rowse | Blog Posts — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:40:11 +0000

[...] 11. Increase the longevity of your posts by adding a “related posts” or “recent posts” or “featured entries” sections to your blog. Increasing the Longevity of Key Posts – Part I [...]

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By: Walter Jeffries

Walter Jeffries — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:51:27 +0000

Something I’ve done a few times is put an “Also see…” section at the bottom of my posts. I like the results and the look so I plan to integrate this in the redesign I’m working on now for my blog.

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feoewebukg — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 08:33:07 +0000

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CoderBlog » The 2 kinds of blog content — Thu, 12 May 2005 21:53:11 +0000

[...] hey also look the same in a feed reader). Keeping good posts visible. Darren did a couple posts a while ago about increasing the life of posts. Somet [...]

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» Increasing the Longevity of Key Posts - Part II: ProBlogger — Wed, 04 May 2005 22:50:00 +0000

[...] ond part of a post on extending the life of Evergreen posts. Take a look at the first part here. Related Articles – Many Bloggers use a ‘related [...]

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 04 May 2005 21:49:43 +0000

hehe – you guys sound like you’ve been reading the next post in this series…

By: Michael Moncur

Michael Moncur — Wed, 04 May 2005 21:28:28 +0000

We’ve been using a “Features” category and putting a list of featured posts in the sidebar at Starling Fitness and it works well. It’s not a measure of popularity by any stretch–it’s our own opinion of what should be “evergreen.”

I think this is really important–it’s pointless to write a long, enduring post if it’s going to be buried by three brief news item links within a few days.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 04 May 2005 19:47:10 +0000

There’s a ‘related posts’ plugin for WP which is quite good. Maybe a combination of both popular and related posts, plus hand-picked ones. Give readers who land on either your front page (always updating) or on an archive/individual page, several ways of getting to more content, without cluttering or trying to point to everything.

By: Peter Flaschner

Peter Flaschner — Wed, 04 May 2005 18:52:52 +0000

Very interesting topic. I’m not really all that satisfied with the “Most Popular” solution. I like the idea of showing my readers what other readers find interesting, but what about the gems that slip between the cracks? I think I may try something like “if you liked this article, may I suggest:” and point to something relevant in the archive…