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I've been on a hectic (but fun) pace posting at least every week day and lately a roundup on the weekend and have been "encouraged" by a number of bloggers to change the mix.  

Basically they suggest posting 3 times per week (plus a roundup) on M-W-F format and spend the rest of the time I would posting the two additional posts to networking and monetizing.  They suggest those two extra posts could be guest posts on other blogs, too, which is a good point.

I like the idea but am nervous about changing the mix but am intrigued by the idea, especially after seeing this: http://diythemes.com/thesis/ho…..your-blog/.  Anyhow, I apparently have a lot to say although I imagine I could spend less and/or more focused time as long as I'm regularly updating the site.

I'd really appreciate any thoughts from the group.

When I started, I did M-F, then added Sat and Sun but recently took down Sun. I do a round-up on Saturdays. However, I have "daily" in my site name so not posting something as close to daily as possible makes my site name a little misleading. If you enjoy posting every day, then continue to do so. If you want to change it up, I think your readers will be accepting of that (I know that I will :)). I will say that even with posting every day, I've been able to guest post and all that other stuff. Then again, I don't work really long hours and have the flexibility to write a post at work if I need to. 

On my other sites, I have less of a formal schedule and that works as well. 

I'm sorry…that was a really long way of saying that you should do what works for you. 

I have been posting every 2 days. But am changing it starting next week where it will be M-W-F. I think that will work best. It also allows me to write the week's post during the weekend.

I have had 5 day per week and 7 day per week schedules in the past, but post quality suffered. I am on M-W-F now experimenting with an "ask the readers Tuesday" (today was the first one: http://www.narrowbridge.net/ov…..ced-stuff/)

Alright, I think I'm going to go w/ MWF.  Thanks everyone for the advice.  Sadly, no one said NOOOO Nick!!! Your blog is way too good to go to 3 posts per week!!!  Haha, kidding.  Tomorrow if my first postless Tuesday!  Let's see if I survive, haha.

Oh, and thanks @eric for the link to the other thread (I really need to start searching before I start new threads…).  That was very helpful too.

I support the decision to scale down to 3 posts per week Nick.  Your posts are awesome and I'd miss the extra posts, but you're right…it does limit the time you have for networking and link building.  I think a MWF scheduled gives you the opportunity to build some deep links to each post and get a lot more active on other blogs.

Thanks again – yeah, it felt a bit odd not to have a post go live today, but it was a bit nice being able to network a bit more than I normally would and have a little extra time w/ the family.  

And thanks @modestmoney for feeding the ego a bit :) 

It's up to you. If you're comfortable posting everyday, you better do and spend a few hours on promoting it. I like to post everyday. Due to my commitment to other sites, I am just taking guest posts these days which is a great help for me to update my blog almost everyday. The posts are good and I can just spend a few hours spreading the word about the post. It helps me. My Alax ranking is going good and I hope I can cross 200k by the end of 6 months positively. Regular posts help- both to the readers and to the Google spiders.