Thoughts On Publishing Posts On The Weekends? Why Don't More Do It? | Bloggers Lair | Yakezie Forums

I've noticed my traffic does go down on Sundays, and posting better content will most likely not help with the traffic. I keep my weekly wrap-ups and smaller posts on weekends, and keep the meaty content to the weekdays. I was posting Tues, Thurs, Sat, but recelty switched to Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sunday (if I get the chance to write an article for Sunday). I'll let you know how it goes in terms of traffic. I'm about half referral, 1/4 direct and 1/4 search at this point.

Also, people read blogs at work. A TON of people. That's most likely why you see the Monday phenomenon. With our ADD society, you sit people in front of a computer with internet access, I guesrantee 90% of them will be on facebook within 30 minutes (or less), though they should be working.

I've heard the argument go both ways: some people publish only M-F because that's when people are at work, but others say they love the weekends because there's less competition for fresh content, Google picks up on the post faster, etc.

Personally, I stick with the weekdays (right now I'm posting Tuesday/Friday), and really, even my Friday traffic is pretty low (I may soon switch to Monday/Thursday).

sooverthis said:

I used to post something every weekend. Since my weekend posts were typically link roundups and we all slowed down on those after the PR debacle, I decided to cut out the weekend posts altogether and see how it went. I haven't really noticed any difference in weekend traffic since I stopped.

Lately, my overall posting philosophy has been to write when I have something to say. That's working well for me right now, though I do try to post every Monday so my regulars don't think I fell off the earth.

I'm kind of like Andrea!! I admit here, my schedule has gone away. I write when I can, usually 3 times per week. I can barely review my stats let alone analyze them. I'm just too busy. I like to put something up on the week end. I also send out my email blasts on the week ends. I feel like there's less decent content on week ends. I should probably check out the stats ;)

I definitely get less traffic on the weekends. However, since I've heard mixed reports on the benefits and downsides of posting on the weekends, I generally follow the "post it when it's ready" mentality, provided that I already don't have another post scheduled for a certain day. 

In the long run, the success of a post will likely not be affected too much by the day it went up.