NotTodayBuddy
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I think both are needed. New content brings new opportunities, while updates help keep your old traffic.
Is blogging become more about maintaining rather than growing ?
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It's both updates keep rankings stable but growth still comes from new content so you need a balance
I think that maintenance has become integral to growth rather than a separate entity from it. once there is much enough content on your blog, then working on existing pages that have been getting impressions, linkbacks, and some authority could work better than writing a fresh new article. i do write articles, but when i look for places to grow my site, the first thing I look into is my old pages.
houcinolmostaf
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- Jul 28, 2023
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Maintenance has definitely become a bigger part of blogging, A well maintained site usually performs better over time than one that only focuses on constantly publishing new posts.
Growth is the fun part where you get to pretend you're building an empire. Maintenance is the part where you realize the empire has a leaky roof and nobody warned you about property taxes. Realistically once a blog's past its toddler phase, an afternoon spent fixing up three old posts probably out-earns a shiny new article that'll take six months to rank anyway. Unglamorous, but it pays the bills.
doodlepilot
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It seems to me that maintenance becomes increasingly necessary as the size of the blog increases, but not at the expense of generating new material entirely.
Since some pages have established themselves as authoritative and have the ability to generate traffic, then working on those will yields very quick results.
generally, i search for pages that have lost their traffic or ranks, and i work on those.
ClickMasters
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I think modern blogging a mix of growth and maintenance. Creating new content is important but updating old posts, improving accuracy and fixing issues can often bring better results because existing pages already have authority.
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I think it's both. I still write new posts, but I've had good results from updating older ones too.
Sometimes updating an older post is worth the time.
bonnybolt
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For me, i believe that it will be more about the decision on what not to maintain. There are many posts that continues to get updated inspite the fact that there is nothing to more to be gained from it, while others just need a bit of tweaiking to become worthwhile again.
samanthajohns
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Is this helping you to gain new traffic?
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It's a mix of both, new content helps you rank higher, while updating old content makes you stay ranked.
in my opinion blogging has evolved from an era where it was about publishhing as much as possible nd growing rapidly to one where it involves building on what u already have. the older content has been indexed by search engines nd has established authorrity so updating it could actually yield better results than always producing new materiial.
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I think it's become a mix of both. Updating older content can often give better results than publishing something new. A well-maintained article that's kept accurate and useful can continue bringing traffic for years, so maintenance has definitely become a bigger part of blogging than it used to be.
LunarWaffle
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Yes, updating old posts helps keep your top search rankings and traffic safe. Refreshing existing content is often faster and yields better results than starting from scratch.
In my opinion, maintennance becomes an integral part of the process, particulairly when the blog already has a substantial amount of content. However, there is no need to update all posts without thinking bcz some of them should be updated while other are just not relevant anymore. The trick is to know what needs to be done and also when.