One Post Isn’t Always Enough
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The title of this post is going to make some of you think that this is another one of those posts that tries to define how many posts per day bloggers should write. It isn’t.
With this post I want to suggest a different way of thinking that without question can help you to increase your traffic. I’ve been using this method now for a few months and the results prove that it works. I would dare say the I get more search engine traffic than most bloggers and there is a behind the scenes ’secret’ than I’ve been using to make that happen.
Not Every Post Is A “Post”
If you’re a regular visitor to CourtneyTuttle.com, you may think that you have read almost everything that I’ve written. Unless you have gone through the entire site from start to finish, I can almost guarantee that you haven’t. The ’secret’ that I’ve been ‘hiding’ is that not everything I create hits the front page. I write posts all the time that really aren’t posts at all - they are simply additional pages of useful information that I write with two purposes in mind:
- Baiting Google.
- Making your lives easier.
When I first started creating lessons that showed people how to install plugins, I cringed every time I told people to upload the plugin to their site using FTP. I knew that there would be a fairly significant percentage of readers that would have no idea what FTP was and an even greater percentage that would have no idea how to FTP. I don’t have to cringe anymore because now I have lessons in the archives that explain what FTP is and how to FTP using Filezilla, which is a pretty popular FTP program. Any beginner with a website or blog could go through those two lessons and learn how to FTP.
Most of you probably haven’t ever seen those posts, because neither one of them was ever published as a front page post. Were they necessary to make my plugin posts useful for everyone? Absolutely. Do they bring extra visitors to my site? All the time. I’m ranked #2 in Google for ‘how to ftp using filezilla’, and I see stats everyday from people finding me with that search.
If you want your blog or website to reach the top of your industry or niche, I think you’re going to have to start asking yourself if your site is a resource that anyone can use. Does a person have to be a ’seasoned veteran’ to know what you’re talking about or do you present enough information to take a person from the beginning to the end?
The Bar Is Set Very Low
What a lot of people don’t realize is that the bar on the internet is set very low. Most sites don’t help anyone to do anything. I think you’ll be amazed at how well you can do if you actually help people to learn something.
One Post Isn’t Always Enough.
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July 20th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Nifty little trick! Do you just set the timestamp back so it doesn’t show on the frontpage?
July 20th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
That’s exactly what I do Casey!
July 20th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
That is a good idea, when I want to write something not for the front page I usually just write it as pages, but I will try setting the time stamp back when I have something that isn’t important enough to be a page, but is still beneficial to visitors. Thanks for the tip!
July 20th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Ya I would do it as a post! The natural link structure of your blog will give it more authority as a post, which will make it rank higher.
July 20th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
I am not familiar with the term “baiting google”. What exactly does that mean?
July 21st, 2007 at 1:15 pm
That means writing a page or post because you know that Google will rank it well and you will get traffic from it.
July 21st, 2007 at 7:31 am
You continue to amaze me Court. I never leave your site without gleaning new and useful info. Thanks…again.
July 21st, 2007 at 8:10 am
Court, that’s a great idea. I’ve had a few “posts” lately that this would have been more appropriate for–and it would have kept the real posts up front instead of pushing them further from the top. I’ll definitely put this in my bag of tricks for the future.
July 22nd, 2007 at 10:23 pm
Court, I like the idea you have of posting without posting. There are a lot of times that I want to write about an item that seems very basic (as with your FTP issue) and you don’t want to re-hash your old information. Thanks!
July 25th, 2007 at 10:27 am
I’m always thinking about whether I post too often or not enough. To be honest I think it depends on the person - if you have the time and ability to post several times a day, then do so. But if you find that you are short on time or short on quality content, then just post fewer times per day.