Roberto Peralta

Great information! I personally have noticed that I get no traction to my blog or my twitter account during the weekends. For this reason, I like to post a few less important blog posts or pictures on the weekend to allow my audience a chance to relax.

I did notice, however, that I get an explosion of activity on Monday morning as people tend to still be in weekend mode when they come into work. I post my more meaningful content in the morning around 6am so that the early birds can enjoy my blog with their coffee or catch up on it when they arrive at work.

There is also a lull in blog/twitter traffic between 4pm and 8pm as most people are commuting home or eating dinner. I use this time to catch up on email responses and/or twitter @replies. As a result of my activity and relationship building, I see a spike in blog traffic/twitter follow alerts after 8pm.

-Philip Nowak
@philipnowak

Did a search on post timing and who would’ve guess Problogger is top of the search list! lol Eventually I will just go here every time.

So now after reading your post, I will write only 5 times a week in the noon to produce some quality content.

Also, if you post early in the day on those days, you have a full 24hrs of prime time to promote your article on Digg, so if the article does gain traction, it has the best chance of being well positioned in Digg.

As suggested in Darren’s original post, I find that pickup by other bloggers often takes 2-3 days. There’s a lot of random behavior there, though. Overall, I try to create good posts and release them when they are done… I’ll delay a post for a day if I think it needs more work. Quality (at least as I define it!) trumps timing every time.

Roger

I haven’t tried letting an important post sit, but I did notice that my comments increased on one specific post simply because I went on vacation, wasn’t aware I wouldn’t have internet or computer access, and therefore, didn’t have guest posts lined up. In other words… I accidentally got lucky and had the highest amount of comments in my history.

It might be best for some to start daily to have a quick build on your blog and then ask your readers if they prefer daily or weekly reports. I think we need to ask our readers what they want and need so we can fill their needs. The results include more readers, faithful readers and more links to our blog in our reader’s emails (word of mouth promotion). Just my thoughts and Darren & Chris, great book.

If my posts are so uncompelling that a few hours’ time will make or break them, then maybe I’ve got bigger problems to address?

This post really gave me something to think about. My blog is only a few months old and I am still learning. But I never gave any consideration to the time I post. I just write, edit, let it sit for an hour or so, re-read and if all is well, I post.

So what I need to do is start paying attention to when people are reading my blog. I don’t have much traffic yet so it is probably not an issue, but I think I should get into the habit of checking the timing so when I do have a lot of readers (I’m thinking positive) I can track their reading habits.

Thanks! :)

I do think that different audiences are reading at different times, depending on their lifestyles. so it’s worth paying attention to your particular niche and readers.