Comments on: The Cost of High Quantities of Posts http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/ Make Money Online Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:03:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Charlotte Babb http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-2941758 Charlotte Babb Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:51:22 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-2941758 My experience with my work blog for the continuing education division of the college shows that posting daily even in a small niche (three counties in SC) brings me traffic that doubles nearly every month, and gets the word out about our programs. The content is all about the college, classes, instructors, and events that we sponsor. It's not daily musings or photos of my food. But it's not that riveting either. When the college was closed over the winter break, the stats leveled off, but they continued to grow when I started back in January. Constantly changing content works for me. My experience with my work blog for the continuing education division of the college shows that posting daily even in a small niche (three counties in SC) brings me traffic that doubles nearly every month, and gets the word out about our programs.

The content is all about the college, classes, instructors, and events that we sponsor. It’s not daily musings or photos of my food. But it’s not that riveting either. When the college was closed over the winter break, the stats leveled off, but they continued to grow when I started back in January.

Constantly changing content works for me.

]]> By: HART (1-800-HART) http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-426023 HART (1-800-HART) Fri, 11 Aug 2006 08:05:19 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-426023 I was in complete agreement with #7 The Zero Boss 's comment. I think every situation is different and the relevancy of the blog and/or the number of bloggers contributing makes all the difference. On my PetLvr blog .. I could have 10 posts in one day. I probably average between 3-6 per day.My readers mostly come from the search engines trying to lift pictures off of my site or very unique keyword searches. I am really just trying to increase this "encyclopedic type of information" in my PetLvr blog's archives. The more in the archives, the more out there available to bring people in from the search engines. Don't forget - pet keywords suck financially, so I'm trying to make sure that there's enough traffic on all the other stuff to make it semi-worthwhile. I was in complete agreement with #7 The Zero Boss ’s comment. I think every situation is different and the relevancy of the blog and/or the number of bloggers contributing makes all the difference.

On my PetLvr blog .. I could have 10 posts in one day. I probably average between 3-6 per day.My readers mostly come from the search engines trying to lift pictures off of my site or very unique keyword searches.

I am really just trying to increase this “encyclopedic type of information” in my PetLvr blog’s archives. The more in the archives, the more out there available to bring people in from the search engines. Don’t forget – pet keywords suck financially, so I’m trying to make sure that there’s enough traffic on all the other stuff to make it semi-worthwhile.

]]> By: Peter Kua http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-425864 Peter Kua Fri, 11 Aug 2006 06:24:02 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-425864 Moderation! Balance! The meeting of Yin and Yang. Too many posts overwhelmes. Too few makes the blog dead. Myself? Once a day... Moderation! Balance! The meeting of Yin and Yang. Too many posts overwhelmes. Too few makes the blog dead. Myself? Once a day…

]]> By:   The Cost of High Quantities of Posts by Blogging Pro http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-420871   The Cost of High Quantities of Posts by Blogging Pro Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:58:33 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-420871 [...] The Cost of High Quantities of Posts Darren Rowse posted recently on Problogger.net about bloggers thinking that large quantities of content on their blog will create value. He mentioned how wrong they are in this view, and I totally agree with him. Does the quantity of content that you post to your blog add value to or devalue your blog? [...] [...] The Cost of High Quantities of Posts Darren Rowse posted recently on Problogger.net about bloggers thinking that large quantities of content on their blog will create value. He mentioned how wrong they are in this view, and I totally agree with him. Does the quantity of content that you post to your blog add value to or devalue your blog? [...]

]]> By: Cary http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-419574 Cary Sun, 06 Aug 2006 18:43:46 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-419574 Hehe... I know I've said it before, but I've dumped a number of blogs from my feed reader because they post TOO often. 25 posts a day? Why would I even WANT to keep up with that? Of course there is a legitimate reason to post that much if your main concern is SE traffic. I think for regular readers, though, two to four posts is perfect. That's just me though. :) Hehe… I know I’ve said it before, but I’ve dumped a number of blogs from my feed reader because they post TOO often.

25 posts a day? Why would I even WANT to keep up with that?

Of course there is a legitimate reason to post that much if your main concern is SE traffic. I think for regular readers, though, two to four posts is perfect.

That’s just me though. :)

]]> By: Dee Stewart http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-418329 Dee Stewart Sat, 05 Aug 2006 23:46:59 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-418329 When I began blogging I posted about two or three entries a day. Now because I am also a publicist(thanks to blogging, thanks Darren) I don't have a great deal of time. But the issue now is that I have a lot more original content, that is very time sensitive. However, I can't get it all in. I am going back and deleting and adding categories so that my stuff can be in the right place, which will be helpful to my readers. What I do now is a Weekly News Brief and a new Weekend Edition on Fridays starting next week. This way my readers can get their news on Tuesday and come back on Friday to see what they can get into in Atlanta or at a city near them. Also to free up my time I have product reviewers, who will began debating with each other this fall. I'm excited about this one. Scared, too.My goal this year is to make my blog more interactive so that my readers can form a habit of hanging around on their lunchbreaks at my site. So putting too much reading on there will not be goal effective. Thanks so much for doing this. When I began blogging I posted about two or three entries a day. Now because I am also a publicist(thanks to blogging, thanks Darren) I don’t have a great deal of time. But the issue now is that I have a lot more original content, that is very time sensitive. However, I can’t get it all in. I am going back and deleting and adding categories so that my stuff can be in the right place, which will be helpful to my readers.

What I do now is a Weekly News Brief and a new Weekend Edition on Fridays starting next week. This way my readers can get their news on Tuesday and come back on Friday to see what they can get into in Atlanta or at a city near them.

Also to free up my time I have product reviewers, who will began debating with each other this fall. I’m excited about this one. Scared, too.My goal this year is to make my blog more interactive so that my readers can form a habit of hanging around on their lunchbreaks at my site. So putting too much reading on there will not be goal effective.

Thanks so much for doing this.

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-418190 Rebecca Sat, 05 Aug 2006 19:54:28 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-418190 As a complete newcomer my blog is a newborn at less than a month old. I am a craftworker and use the blog to showcase my work in progress set against my family life in rural Ireland. I aim to write one post every day, but some days I struggle to find a topic, and so I have already realised those are the days I shouldn't post as I end up not being entirely happy with what I write. If its a topic that has jumped out at me during the course of the day, then its final composition seems effortless and enjoyable to read (or so I'm told!). This site is a great source of information. Currently I'm working my way through the '32 days to a better blog', which is couple of years old, but still totally relevant. Rebecca As a complete newcomer my blog is a newborn at less than a month old. I am a craftworker and use the blog to showcase my work in progress set against my family life in rural Ireland. I aim to write one post every day, but some days I struggle to find a topic, and so I have already realised those are the days I shouldn’t post as I end up not being entirely happy with what I write. If its a topic that has jumped out at me during the course of the day, then its final composition seems effortless and enjoyable to read (or so I’m told!).

This site is a great source of information. Currently I’m working my way through the ‘32 days to a better blog’, which is couple of years old, but still totally relevant.

Rebecca

]]> By: John T Unger http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-418067 John T Unger Sat, 05 Aug 2006 17:00:15 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-418067 There are a couple blogs I subscribe to which post enough entries per day that you could average it out to hourly posts (or even every fifteen minutes). And every day I consider cancelling my subscription… because generally, I only find one out of 30-50 of these posts useful to me. The only reason I haven't canceled is because those rare entries that I do want to read are pretty darn good, but I hate having to sift through the dross. There's no question in my mind that one of these days, I'll delete the feeds. I've done it before with blogs that were too frequent. And there are blogs like Boing Boing which I *like* but would never consider subscribing to because of the volume of posts… it's easier to just drop in from time to time, or add it to my google page and check the headlines on occasion. Most of the time, I feel like massive posting frequency is a sign of too little focus. I prefer highly focused blogs with consistent quality over "clearing house" type blogs which cover *everything* that happens in a broad area. There are a couple blogs I subscribe to which post enough entries per day that you could average it out to hourly posts (or even every fifteen minutes). And every day I consider cancelling my subscription… because generally, I only find one out of 30-50 of these posts useful to me. The only reason I haven’t canceled is because those rare entries that I do want to read are pretty darn good, but I hate having to sift through the dross.

There’s no question in my mind that one of these days, I’ll delete the feeds. I’ve done it before with blogs that were too frequent. And there are blogs like Boing Boing which I *like* but would never consider subscribing to because of the volume of posts… it’s easier to just drop in from time to time, or add it to my google page and check the headlines on occasion.

Most of the time, I feel like massive posting frequency is a sign of too little focus. I prefer highly focused blogs with consistent quality over “clearing house” type blogs which cover *everything* that happens in a broad area.

]]> By: markku http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-418050 markku Sat, 05 Aug 2006 16:29:30 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-418050 Personally, I notice that a too frequent posting schedule produces crappy entries, though not posting for some time also results in the same thing. "Too much" or "too little" both have their downsides, the former can simply clutter your readers to the point of annoyance, and the latter just simply alienates them. I think finding your personal rhythm is the key to effective blog entries. :) Personally, I notice that a too frequent posting schedule produces crappy entries, though not posting for some time also results in the same thing. “Too much” or “too little” both have their downsides, the former can simply clutter your readers to the point of annoyance, and the latter just simply alienates them. I think finding your personal rhythm is the key to effective blog entries. :)

]]> By: Joe http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-417899 Joe Sat, 05 Aug 2006 14:59:41 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-417899 Hey Darren, I just happened to write a post the other day about why TO post frequently. It was directed more at the Bloggers that don't post often enough. Onced every couple of weeks doesn't cut it. I have deleted many Blogs from my list because they only post once in a while and I think it's a waste of time to bother when they don't. Joe Hey Darren,

I just happened to write a post the other day about why TO post frequently. It was directed more at the Bloggers that don’t post often enough. Onced every couple of weeks doesn’t cut it.

I have deleted many Blogs from my list because they only post once in a while and I think it’s a waste of time to bother when they don’t.

Joe

]]> By: Palmdoc http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-417293 Palmdoc Sat, 05 Aug 2006 05:40:20 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-417293 I don't think it's a problem when you have a Search function! I have two blogs with thousands of posts and I use the Search all the time. Wordpress is great! I don’t think it’s a problem when you have a Search function! I have two blogs with thousands of posts and I use the Search all the time.
Wordpress is great!

]]> By: WTJ http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-417247 WTJ Sat, 05 Aug 2006 05:07:10 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-417247 a big quantity is not a problem if there's quality in it a big quantity is not a problem if there’s quality in it

]]> By: jostar http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-417146 jostar Sat, 05 Aug 2006 03:39:46 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-417146 Yes good word. i agree too. many of newbie in blogger are think to post more article that can be get good rank in search engine quickly. and get more traffic drive to his site. but it not a real. just built your blog grow naturalry. do the simple for the best.. More qulity is important than quantity. Yes good word. i agree too. many of newbie in blogger are think to post more article that can be get good rank in search engine quickly. and get more traffic drive to his site. but it not a real. just built your blog grow naturalry. do the simple for the best..
More qulity is important than quantity.

]]> By: Kyle Eslick http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-417043 Kyle Eslick Sat, 05 Aug 2006 02:12:56 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-417043 This is a great question. I've struggled with this since I began my blog. If I do no posts throughout a day (or sometimes only one), my readership plummets. But, I've also noticed if I put up 4 or more posts in a single day, I also lose readership. Lately, I've been putting up one (quality) post a day and one post where I highlight some of the better stuff around the blogosphere. This seems to make both types of subscribers happy so far, so I've been sticking with it. I guess you just have to find that balance for your particular site. This is a great question.

I’ve struggled with this since I began my blog. If I do no posts throughout a day (or sometimes only one), my readership plummets. But, I’ve also noticed if I put up 4 or more posts in a single day, I also lose readership.

Lately, I’ve been putting up one (quality) post a day and one post where I highlight some of the better stuff around the blogosphere. This seems to make both types of subscribers happy so far, so I’ve been sticking with it. I guess you just have to find that balance for your particular site.

]]> By: Retrospector http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-416995 Retrospector Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:19:56 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-416995 I simply don't have time to put out more than 2-3 posts a week. If I see a massive surge in traffic, I may try to edge in one or two additional posts just to take advantage of the readership. However I've not had any trouble keeping a consistent level of traffic by having only 2-3 posts a week. I will say that I wish I could manage more posts until the amount of content was much higher. (Just now reaching 3 months, so the archives could use a little more help.) What I'd like to emphasize with the blogs that have a high volume of posts is that they should have something that makes it easy to find the information. Or the content hidden may not get noticed as much. I'm realizing now that some of my earlier posts aren't as easy to get to without surfing around a little. Something I'm going to do soon with a redesign is consider how easy it is to get to the good posts and the deeper archives. I simply don’t have time to put out more than 2-3 posts a week. If I see a massive surge in traffic, I may try to edge in one or two additional posts just to take advantage of the readership. However I’ve not had any trouble keeping a consistent level of traffic by having only 2-3 posts a week.

I will say that I wish I could manage more posts until the amount of content was much higher. (Just now reaching 3 months, so the archives could use a little more help.)

What I’d like to emphasize with the blogs that have a high volume of posts is that they should have something that makes it easy to find the information. Or the content hidden may not get noticed as much. I’m realizing now that some of my earlier posts aren’t as easy to get to without surfing around a little. Something I’m going to do soon with a redesign is consider how easy it is to get to the good posts and the deeper archives.

]]> By: » Blog Reading: Quantity vs. Quality - Webfeed Central http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-416977 » Blog Reading: Quantity vs. Quality - Webfeed Central Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:10:26 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-416977 [...] How often should you post to your blog? This is always one of the big questions that bloggers have. It mainly depends on the type of blog that you have. Darren Rowse recently wrote “The Cost of High Quantities of Posts“, where he questions the “value” of adding lower quality posts more often, compared to adding higher quality posts less often. The term “value” is relative, though, and in ProBlogger’s case it means “money”. To be honest, in Webfeed Central’s case, it means the same thing. [...] [...] How often should you post to your blog? This is always one of the big questions that bloggers have. It mainly depends on the type of blog that you have. Darren Rowse recently wrote “The Cost of High Quantities of Posts“, where he questions the “value” of adding lower quality posts more often, compared to adding higher quality posts less often. The term “value” is relative, though, and in ProBlogger’s case it means “money”. To be honest, in Webfeed Central’s case, it means the same thing. [...]

]]> By: jhay http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-416955 jhay Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:48:19 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-416955 Again, I think this varies from blog to blog. I post make a post every day, and more than one during weekends sinces most of my readers (the very handful of them) are free during that time of the week. My blog is just over two months old so there is quite a need to fatten the arcvhives a bit. It will also increase the page impressions for my ads. Maybe when my blog reaches the one-year mark that's when I'll really consider about posting less entries and focus solely on quality of the posts. Lastly, my readers have little trouble going in around my archives because I implemented a tagging system and used the tag cloud as my archive. It helps a lot when going through my archives for it gives them a quick and easy preview of what I've blogged about in the past. They just click on a tag/keyword and all the posts tagged with it are displayed. It sure beats trying to guess if July or June has more interesting posts or not. Again, I think this varies from blog to blog. I post make a post every day, and more than one during weekends sinces most of my readers (the very handful of them) are free during that time of the week.

My blog is just over two months old so there is quite a need to fatten the arcvhives a bit. It will also increase the page impressions for my ads. Maybe when my blog reaches the one-year mark that’s when I’ll really consider about posting less entries and focus solely on quality of the posts.

Lastly, my readers have little trouble going in around my archives because I implemented a tagging system and used the tag cloud as my archive. It helps a lot when going through my archives for it gives them a quick and easy preview of what I’ve blogged about in the past. They just click on a tag/keyword and all the posts tagged with it are displayed. It sure beats trying to guess if July or June has more interesting posts or not.

]]> By: Andy Merrett http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-416851 Andy Merrett Fri, 04 Aug 2006 21:31:23 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-416851 I agree with Michael - I now work on several blogs that are team efforts. There's no way I could produce the same amount or diversity of posts on my own on a blog, there just aren't enough hours in a day. That's how most of the 'big boys' (ie 15+ posts per day) do it. One of the blogs I work on used to be written pretty much by one guy and had about 8 posts per day. A couple of us joined and the blog owners made some other changes, and now between us all (3 regular medium-quantity posters and some ad-hoc posts) the site makes 25+ posts per day. The fact is that in the crowded subject area we're in, both in the UK and globally, we are competing with the other big boys - we do have to report the news with a twist, as well as producing completely original content and reviews. We are even starting to compete with mainstream media - so the posting amount is important. There's a possibility it's too much for regular readers - we're not sure yet - but we do get a lot of SE traffic and RSS readers, so who don't read everything. At present, however, it's boosted our daily unique visitors and I think will have a significant effect going forward. I agree with Michael – I now work on several blogs that are team efforts. There’s no way I could produce the same amount or diversity of posts on my own on a blog, there just aren’t enough hours in a day. That’s how most of the ‘big boys’ (ie 15+ posts per day) do it.

One of the blogs I work on used to be written pretty much by one guy and had about 8 posts per day. A couple of us joined and the blog owners made some other changes, and now between us all (3 regular medium-quantity posters and some ad-hoc posts) the site makes 25+ posts per day.

The fact is that in the crowded subject area we’re in, both in the UK and globally, we are competing with the other big boys – we do have to report the news with a twist, as well as producing completely original content and reviews. We are even starting to compete with mainstream media – so the posting amount is important.

There’s a possibility it’s too much for regular readers – we’re not sure yet – but we do get a lot of SE traffic and RSS readers, so who don’t read everything.

At present, however, it’s boosted our daily unique visitors and I think will have a significant effect going forward.

]]> By: Stu http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-416711 Stu Fri, 04 Aug 2006 20:06:02 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-416711 An excellent point. I've been struggling with this very issue, and haven't managed to come up with an answer yet. I know I could post half dozen times a day if I wanted to, but would that volume scare off readers? An excellent point. I’ve been struggling with this very issue, and haven’t managed to come up with an answer yet. I know I could post half dozen times a day if I wanted to, but would that volume scare off readers?

]]> By: mrHowTo http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-416693 mrHowTo Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:38:47 +0000 http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/08/05/the-cost-of-high-quantities-of-posts/#comment-416693 Very interesting. The Soulcast system, that I'm testing at the moment limit's individual blogger's posts to 5 every 24 hours. This is good, as it means you don't write too many articles in one go, and still have things to talk about the next day. I find it helps me spread my posts out, keeping a steady stream of readers soming in at all times. Very interesting. The Soulcast system, that I’m testing at the moment limit’s individual blogger’s posts to 5 every 24 hours. This is good, as it means you don’t write too many articles in one go, and still have things to talk about the next day. I find it helps me spread my posts out, keeping a steady stream of readers soming in at all times.

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