Comments on: Longevity in Blogging

By: Pastor Bobby

Pastor Bobby — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:59:38 +0000

Longevity is an asset but presentation of knowledge has a great impact on credibility as well. I know a great may people who have been dummies for a long time. Persistence is the key. Your willingness to stick in there and share information is, again, foundational. I have seen too many ‘instant’ gurus.

Internet technologies evolve almost overnight. For this reason, your presentation of new and fresh ideas can boost credibility, especially if you’ve been doing it for a while.

By: My Hot Image

My Hot Image — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:56:21 +0000

Lasting for long time makes you solid as diamonds, people always love to hear from exerts specially when it’s FREE info that also brings cash

By: Anti Aging Vitamins | Anti Aging Supplements » Blog Archive » “vitamin e” - Northwestern Mutual Life: The Longevity Game

Thu, 04 May 2006 11:00:37 +0000

[...] Longevity in Blogging: ProBlogger Blog Tips Longevity in Blogging While 10 to 15 years might be a little over the … All I m really saying is that longevity can add to the credibility of a blogger. … [...]

By: K

Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:40:41 +0000

As I don’t advertise my guest blog
and we tend to get kicked off Google (for a number of reasons),
I can easily be the case study
proving that having experience, expertise, and a track record
can build traffic without the first two.

I wouldn’t reco it as a way to aggressively drum up business
but it does reinforce Darren’s point that the three are powerful.

By: A.B. Dada

A.B. Dada — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:32:05 +0000

Having a domain name for a period of time seems to affect payouts from the various monetizing networks, but I’ve reached a PageRank of 6 in less than 3 months with absolutely zero spamming or buying traffic. My best money earner has been up less than 4 weeks and already gets great Google traffic. Yet for a blogger, having a history can mean repeat business. My oldest blogs have the most FeedBurner users, even in a niche topic.

I do feel that those who stick around the longest with the most consistent update schedule will be the ones that “win” in the long run income-wise. Even if you’re in a highly competitive market topic, writing regularly, updating on schedule and using good grammar and spelling should give you the advantage over those who get in and get out.

I’ve actually taken advantage of bloggers who have left the blogosphere and used them to help my blogs out.

By: geert lovink

geert lovink — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:03:21 +0000

I realize that it is 13 years now, almost up to the day, that I have been putting material online. In that sense I don’t find it so strange to think in a 10-15 years range. Every now and then I am number one on Google with both my first and last names. That’s in fact not so strange if you’ve been online for that long. But isn’t it more an issue of software and interfaces? That’s where the big difference lies, for me. In 10 years people will hardly remember blogs as there will be something better, with another name.

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:35:06 +0000

Why so paranoid about Google and registration length. All the info is publically accessible whois info…

By: John Evans (Syntagma)

John Evans (Syntagma) — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:50:55 +0000

Yep, it’s probably a separate operation from spidering, Darren. As for noses, well, let’s hope that’s all they’re checking :-)

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:42:49 +0000

doubt they’d check domain rego length every time John – I’d say it’d be fairly irregular thing.

I hope they are checking nose length though cause I’ve got a fairly sizeable one and it’s got to count for something after all those years of being reminded about it by school mates!

By: John Evans (Syntagma)

John Evans (Syntagma) — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:28:12 +0000

All I can say is that Google’s search engine software must be pretty miraculous if, while simultaneously spidering a blog, it can also check the length of registration of the domain name. What else are they checking, the length of your nose?

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:44:37 +0000

Thanks for the post. I actually learned this the hard way by starting a Free E-Business Talk blog one day. After I wrote four pillar articles about SEO and AdSense I burnt out. Heh… Didn’t have the knowledge for the long haul.

That’s why I’ve started sticking with topics I’ve been researching and learning about (and teaching) for years. There’s always something I have to say. Rant out…

Cheers,

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:58:35 +0000

Thanks Darren,

well there you go – I’m heading off tonight and registering my domain for the next 10 years.

I guess if you’re serious about being a credible, long-term professional blogger then $100 is not much to invest.

BTW, glad you’re back – nothing against those who took the reigns during your break, but what it did show me was that the whole of a blog is the person behind it.

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:46:31 +0000

Martin - check out the first point of this post for more details on length of domain registration and SEO.

By: Martin

Martin — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:38:48 +0000

Interested to look further into the theory that having a domain registered for the long term helps in the search engines rankings.

Is there any proof of this out there? If it can be proved that it does have a positive effect, then I’m going straight to my registrar and paying up for the next 10 years. :-)

By: ~Dawn

~Dawn — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:24:48 +0000

I think it comes down to me getting to know people, whether online or offline. The more I know someone, in whatever limited capacity, the more I feel comfortable with their opinion/advice/ideas on something. Whether I agree with it or not, I have still built up a foundation of respect for them.

By: Blogger Credibility: ProBlogger Blog Tips

Blogger Credibility: ProBlogger Blog Tips — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 04:02:41 +0000

[...] Longevity in Blogging [...]