What to do to old post not receiving traffic?

[Dark Hat 007]

The title says it all, I have almost 60 posts that aren't receiving traffic in the space of six months.

Their impressions are pretty low too, what should I do to these posts?

 

[jeanfrank]

Dude, your website is new, maybe Google takes it on Sandbox. During the sandabox period, there aren't more traffic from Google. But, may i ask if you did something about SEO?
Did you optimize your website? such as your title, your content structure, keywords, url, etc.
Did you make some pillow links? That means, you can set up some profiles about website on other web 2.0 platforms, such as Reddit, Quora, etc.

 

[rodolfo davis]

It is very important for the content writer to know how to get better ranking on search engine. There are many factors that can help you rank higher on search engine.

There are some simple things that you can do to improve your post’s ranking and make it more visible in the search engines.

- You should add keywords relevant to your post in the headline, subheadings, and body of your content.

- You should also use keywords in your meta tags and images.

- Create a unique title for every post so that it stands out from other posts with the same title.

 

[jaerehan]

Just updating those few posts according to gain audience

 

[Thunder Digitals]

Just don't delete them.

What you can do is interlink them with your traffic pages.

By the way, how many posts do you have on your site?

 

[roydan]

Update them, add a youtube video, research these keywords again, interlink...

Bear in mind the the Pareto law works everywhere, and 20% of your pages are in charge for 80% of your traffic.

 

[flexpaydude]

You can try updating those posts. Also check whether your site is well optimized.

 

[Dark Hat 007]

Dude, your website is new, maybe Google takes it on Sandbox. During the sandabox period, there aren't more traffic from Google. But, may i ask if you did something about SEO?
Did you optimize your website? such as your title, your content structure, keywords, url, etc.
Did you make some pillow links? That means, you can set up some profiles about website on other web 2.0 platforms, such as Reddit, Quora, etc.

Lol.. No, my site isn't new, it's like 2 years old... I meant no traffic in the last six month... I have about 15k monthly sessions, although it is small but the site isn't new.

Others even articles written 3 months ago are bringing in traffic.

 

[Dark Hat 007]

It is very important for the content writer to know how to get better ranking on search engine. There are many factors that can help you rank higher on search engine.

There are some simple things that you can do to improve your post’s ranking and make it more visible in the search engines.

- You should add keywords relevant to your post in the headline, subheadings, and body of your content.

- You should also use keywords in your meta tags and images.

- Create a unique title for every post so that it stands out from other posts with the same title.

Come on, these are like the ABC of SEO... This sound like copy and paste, all the same thanks.

Just updating those few posts according to gain audience

I think I would do this -- again.

Just don't delete them.

What you can do is interlink them with your traffic pages.

By the way, how many posts do you have on your site?

I have like 280+, majority of what brings me traffic are posts from 3 - 7 months ago... These other posts have been on the site for at least a year.

 

[Dark Hat 007]

Update them, add a youtube video, research these keywords again, interlink...

Bear in mind the the Pareto law works everywhere, and 20% of your pages are in charge for 80% of your traffic.

Yeah!! Pareto!! But mehn, those posts are way older than some of the posts that currently bring me traffic.

You can try updating those posts. Also check whether your site is well optimized.

Yeah, my site is... I have like 15k monthly visits, the site is optimized enough, thing is, my newest posts are what brings me traffic ATM.

 

[TechEinstien]

Update content and interlink them with the posts that are receiving traffic.

 

[thedigiduck]

There are a number of things that you can do to increase the traffic on your old post.

1. Change the title of the post

2. Add more images to the post

3. Change up your content style, for example, try writing a listicle or an opinion piece instead of a how-to article

4. Update your SEO strategy for older posts

 

[Seobymicheal]

-Updating the post with new information or a new angle
-Sharing the post on social media platforms
-Paid promotion
-Participating in online forums and discussion groups related to the topic of your post
-Commenting on other related blog posts

 

[praetserge]

I think most of us have posts which bring no traffic.
I, personally, don't delete them but try to rank them for a few keywords (if possible) and link out from them to the main articles.
Some of the posts I have, I believe they bring value to the visitors.

On the other hand, I have some posts which need need to be deleted but before doing so, I try to see if I can merge them with existing ranking posts.

 

[Deleted member 657006]

There only 1 way .

Revamp everything

 

[JSCode]

Add new and fresh content, catchy titles, use appropriate KWs, hire someone to write quality content, etc.

You have to follow the basic rules of SEO and work your way up.

 

[sageshark]

Just like @jaerehan and @TechEinstien has rightly suggested, updating those old posts is the first step you need to perform.

Also I know you already know it, but I am reiterating here, do some keyword research and add the missing keywords in those articles (some long tail Keywords may do wonders). Increase the length of these articles further.

Add / embed a Youtube video in those articles. If that video is yours then it will be great, if it is not then you can add someone else's video, it doesn't harm.

Add more images in the post with keywords in the file name, alt and title.

I am not saying that this will bring the articles at the top of search results but these activities will surely revive them and they will start receiving some traffic for sure. I have done this in my website and have experienced the same.

 

[amitjat]

You can reoptimize existing blog post and generate traffic for website

 

[MisterF]

Update the content, add new content to existing posts. Look at more options for internal linking too.

 

[Black Belt Spodermen]

Depends on the volume of those keywords, the content, backlinks, internal linking structure etc. You should try to implement new out of the box methods to see if that works.