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5:17 pm
August 6, 2011
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The College Investor
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Just curious if anyone ever goes back and alters past posts?
I recently went through my Analytics highest exit pages and modified my highest exit pages. For a few, I setup a path of posts to read next, and actually put it in the post, not just using the "Popular Post" plugin.
So far it seems to be working a bit.
Does anyone else have any thoughts on this?
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6:13 pm
August 6, 2011
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sooverthis
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I've been doing the same thing, slowly. Adding SEO keywords, trying to make the posts easier to read, adding information here and there. My "about" page is the #1 exit page, which is a little depressing!
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7:18 pm
August 6, 2011
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Melissa (Mom's Plans)
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I need to do this, especially since I have many Amazon links which are now worthless to me since Amazon is no longer offering an affiliate program in my state.
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7:36 pm
August 6, 2011
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LaTisha @YoungFinances
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I change posts often and tweak based on information I get from readers or Analytics. As long as you don't make material changes, I don't see the issue.
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11:34 pm
August 6, 2011
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The College Investor
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Melissa (Mom's Plans) said:
I need to do this, especially since I have many Amazon links which are now worthless to me since Amazon is no longer offering an affiliate program in my state.
I know I need to do this as well. I still get several clicks a day to my Amazon affiliate account that no longer earns me anything…
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6:26 am
August 7, 2011
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Glen Craig
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I'll go back and update/change older posts. Sometimes it's stuff from when I started out and the format needs to be updated (I started on Blogger and have switched themes a couple of times as well). Sometimes I'll go in and fill out the article more and clean it up as well.
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6:30 am
August 7, 2011
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You bet, I go back and edit to make posts more readable.
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6:38 am
August 7, 2011
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Dana
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Yep, I go back and make edits frequently. If I make substantial changes, I usually add a little line like "updated on _________" at the beginning of the article.
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7:12 am
August 7, 2011
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Tony Chou @ Investorz' Blog
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I frequently add new content to my past posts. Google will rank your pages higher if they're updated.
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6:07 am
August 8, 2011
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Jeff Rose
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Same here. On the flip side, I've went back to some of my older posts that I wrote before I knew what SEO was and beefed them up, changed the title and republished them focusing on certain keywords. I was able to do this a few time and ended up ranking in the top 10 for what I was targeting.
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8:36 am
August 8, 2011
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Like Jeff, I went back a while ago (need to redo this) and updated old posts using the All in One Plugin (now using headway) and H2/H3s and boom adsense went through the roof.
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9:07 am
August 8, 2011
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Henry @ TotallyMoney
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Yes, I sometimes rewrite or add more information to a post and republish it on the same URL, so instead of having two similar articles I stay with one authorative post one on the subject. Seems to work quite well especially if you manage to get links to both posts.
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9:25 am
August 8, 2011
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Derek@LifeAndMyFinances
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I haven't done it, but it makes sense….if I ever find the time to it. Thanks for the tip though.
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10:06 am
August 8, 2011
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Khaleef @ KNS Financial
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Many times I will go in and tweak older posts for SEO purposes or to update it with new information (especially tax articles).
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12:41 pm
August 8, 2011
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Miss T @ Prairie Eco-Thrifter
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I have been going back lately with the help of a friend to optimize my SEO on some posts. I am hoping it will increase my adsense earnings. It is a lot of work though.
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10:44 am
August 9, 2011
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Suba @ Wealth Informatics
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I have not done this in quite some time now, but have to restart. The first 100 posts or so would have pathetic SEO features. I did some, but those didn't really make a difference, so I stopped. I will have to go through them sooner rather than later.
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