Yakezie.com - Topic: Re-Posting Old Posts?

Barbara Friedberg on Re-Posting Old Posts?

Mon, 24 Jun 2013 07:53:10 +0000

Melissa,

I don't remember exactly where, but in the dashboard, there is a settings item which allows you to opt in or out of certain structural formats for each post. This way if I miss post one week, there's no date to show I posted 2 instead of 3 articles one week.

Melissa (Mom's Plans) on Re-Posting Old Posts?

Fri, 21 Jun 2013 20:34:24 +0000

Barb Friedberg said:

I've also stopped dating articles.

How did you stop dating the articles? Can someone let me know how to do that? Thanks!

Moneysma on Re-Posting Old Posts?

Fri, 21 Jun 2013 20:14:03 +0000

Eric - NarrowBridge.net said:

I do this pretty regularly now as I have an archive of 900+ posts. Some of them from 2007 are not great, but are on great topics. I save them as a draft and re-post with the new date. That way it keeps the URL and organic traffic but gives the readers (old and new) more value. I also put a note at the bottom "originally published XXX, updated XXX)

So if I understand, you go into a post that you previously published, edit to to draft form, update the info in the post and then simply re-post for the current date?

The Frugal Toad on Re-Posting Old Posts?

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:50:39 +0000

Khaleef @ KNS Financial said:

I will normally just update the existing post and republish (the date is not a part of my URL structure).

Khaleef

Just curious what the potential outcomes of updating and republishing might be. Did you see increase in traffic or a change in the posts PR?

Khaleef @ KNS Financial on Re-Posting Old Posts?

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:18:41 +0000

I will normally just update the existing post and republish (the date is not a part of my URL structure).

martin on Re-Posting Old Posts?

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:50:06 +0000

To be honest, Google looks at every single post. I went through my archives and deleted so many articles.

A few more things you can do:

Add reader comments to the content.

Delete the post.

Re-publish with updated thoughts.

Re-publish with reader comments.

Write a new article where you mention the old ones.

Eric - PersonalProfitability.com on Re-Posting Old Posts?

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:04:47 +0000

I do this pretty regularly now as I have an archive of 900+ posts. Some of them from 2007 are not great, but are on great topics. I save them as a draft and re-post with the new date. That way it keeps the URL and organic traffic but gives the readers (old and new) more value. I also put a note at the bottom "originally published XXX, updated XXX)

Untemplater on Re-Posting Old Posts?

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:49:33 +0000

You can also just make an old post "sticky" to bring to the top of your homepage temporarily. If you publish a brand new post just remember to make it sticky as well or it won't show up first.

Moneysma on Re-Posting Old Posts?

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:50:47 +0000

Great info everyone..thanks for your comments. I'll go ahead and re-write them.

Jeff Rose on Re-Posting Old Posts?

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:45:15 +0000

I frequently re-pulish old posts after updating with new content and making it relevant to current trends. Note that I only do this if the URL structure is desired (I had some old posts that contained numbers or the year in it). If I wanted to update the URL structure, I would then write and publish a new post and then 301 direct the old post to the new one.

Barbara Friedberg on Re-Posting Old Posts?

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:58:07 +0000

Occasionally I will revise an old post and then repost it currently. This only works if there is no date in the permalink. AFter you have a large stable of articles, it's a shame to let them languish in the past. Here's one I recently updated, http://barbarafriedbergpersona.....f-success/. It's one of my all time most popular articles.

I've also stopped dating articles.

ConsumerFu on Re-Posting Old Posts?

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:21:01 +0000

I agree with Maria. I wouldn't delete the old post necessarily. Some old posts give you a nice way to reference growth and change.

maria@moneyprinciple on Re-Posting Old Posts?

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:43:55 +0000

Re-write! They are always better when re-written and very different - you and the world have changed and hopefully at least one has improved :).

Maria

Moneysma on Re-Posting Old Posts?

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 04:59:26 +0000

Hey everyone,

I was looking through my archives the other day and found some "diamonds in the rough" so to say back from when I first started to blog. What's the best route if I want to ad content to these old posts? Re-write them entirely? Just update them and share socially?

Thanks!!