Comments on: Post Frequency – How Many Blog Posts are Too Many?

By: Maple

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By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:14:16 +0000

Know your reader. Then you will know your desired post frequency. I would go crazy if I were hit with 20 posts in one day to wade through, but that is because I’m not the target reader for the type of site that requires such frequent posting.

By: CHARON

CHARON — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:09:24 +0000

I agree with Dave’s comment…. It’s really hard to do over 24 hours.

By: Giap

Giap — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:25:58 +0000

i would post 1-2 a day=)

By: Frank (China)

Frank (China) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:09:27 +0000

Probably 3-5 per day for sites with a little depth, or a big issue. Sites that post once a day are often better because there is more depth.

Sites with lots and lots of little links pretending to be posts don’t need a subscription because there is always something to see. For these, I go directly to the site….

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By: Blogsters Guild

Blogsters Guild — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:34:37 +0000

I am still getting a feel of how many posts to post in a day. I usually post around 4-10 short posts mostly funny pics, music, videos. Is that sufficient or am I way off?

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Ades — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:19:41 +0000

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By: Derek Andrews

Derek Andrews — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:25:17 +0000

I agree with Leo’s comment about not unsubbing because of too few posts. Unless I go looking for them (I use Bloglines) I don’t even notice all those blogs that never post. I’m much more likely to unsub from a blog that generates huge numbers of posts that to me are off topic or of no substance.

I don’t think the Technorati top 100 is an accurate tool to measure subscriptions. What it is really saying is that the content has attracted a lot of links by arousing the interest of other bloggers who want to use that original content to provide the basis of a post for their own blog. I sometimes wonder how many blog posts actually add anything original.

Another question you might like to ask is how do we measure a blog’s success? Is it from income, through either direct sales, or advertising revenue? Or is it from reader satisfaction, if only by a few?

By: TheBizOfKnowledge

TheBizOfKnowledge — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:34:46 +0000

More than frequency…I think word count is important…how long does it take for readers to read through your posts.

5-6 posts of 100-200 words is more digestible
than 2-3 posts of 500-750 words….me thinks.

By: Leo

Leo — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:47:45 +0000

The number of acceptable posts depends on the “weight” of the content and the topic of the site, for me. I can withstand a much higher number of posts from a feed like Digg, because a large portion of the links are quickly scanned and disregarded. On blogs that have much more knowledgeable writers who post frequent, in depth articles on things I would like to know, the number of posts can quickly become overwhelming. On those blogs I would like to see the number of posts be no more than 2-3 a day, at most.

But this all really depends on the length and content of individual articles. More generally it will also obviously depend on the number of blogs any particular individual subscribes to and how much time they want to spend reading. I don’t believe there is a single answer to this question. All I can say is that I have unsubscribed to many blogs because there are too many posts, and I can’t say I’ve unsubscribed to any for too few posts, except those that are clearly defunct.

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By: Josie

Josie — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:50:15 +0000

For the average blog, I think one to two posts a day is fine, or maybe one or two posts per week, but on the same day. For blogs that have short posts, or posts that link to something, with a short description, I think five to ten is good.

By: Will

Will — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:47:14 +0000

See, this is where I’m on the fence.

Places like Lifehacker have a feel of just blogging for nothing but the sole purpose of whoring themselves out by having 10+ articles posted per day. I hate when I open my RSS reader every day and have to sort through 20+ new posts from the same website.

I keep short posts only to my General annoucement section, and my News section. As they are both designed to brief the reader. All of my other posts are all in depth articles that I try to write for the expansion of my readers knowledge.

1-3 New articles per day I think is fine.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:19:41 +0000

Quality almost always trumps quantity on a blog. I go for 2-4 posts a day on mine, and that seems to be the sweet spot. Except for today. I am running a gimmick that other blogs have used to varied success: the 24 Hour Blog Party. It started about 15 minutes ago and will go until noon tomorrow. Last time I did this, I got 47 posts done in 24 hours. I was typing like a madman for the first 8, then had to slow down to 1 an hour. People said they enjoyed it because my writing got really loopy in the early morning hours. The whole thing is designed to raise money for my server costs. I kept my goal low last time, and I met it. I am doing the same thing this time, so the challenge is striking that balance between quality and quantity. It’s really hard to do over 24 hours which is why I only do this twice a year.

With that being said, I will hit the magic 500 post mark sometime later this afternoon.