Thanks Lis -- I'm a big fan of NeilC's blogs and read several of them trying to answer this question for myself. I also follow Kyle's recommendations to the T. I have a day job so the 12 hour rule isn't always possible but I always get to them within 24 hours.

I believe I'm going to try and implement a mixed strategy of soliciting comments a couple times/week and generating more frequent content (maybe 2-3 500 word posts and a higher quality 1500 word post on the weekends when I have the time
to do more thorough research).

I'd like to promise that I'll keep accurate logs of everything and report back but if I'm being honest, I suck at that kind of record keeping so the best you'll probably get is a best guess based on intuition :-)

Hi Don, I also work full time so I can fully appreciate where you are coming from in terms of trying to write content regularly. Just do what you can do each week and things will come together.

The targets and deadlines set within WA are not really designed for people with full-time jobs. To do everything to the letter would mean you would never go to bed :).

Find your own pace and don't push yourself too hard. You also need to spend time with your family while you work towards your future.

Lis.

Rufat -- thanks for that tid-bit. In your experience, do I need to do full on 1500+ word posts for these daily posts or could I do something like a 500 word rambling each day to get the desired result? Since my site is centered around supplements and nutrition/fitness in general I was thinking that I could try to start doing a 500 word summary of some of the articles I read. Do you think that would help drive my rankings?

Kyle recommends writing thorough reviews, above 1000 words per article. Also, you can see other sites, your competitors to get an idea of the average number of words they write and by doing so you will know your niche better

Thanks -- I don't think I can consistently put out that kind of content in this niche. It requires a lot of research to do it right so I guess I'll just have to slow play it and stick with my one quality article per week. I'll try to get two articles done this weekend so I can at least put another one out around next Wednesday and work toward 2 per week.

So I'm assuming your opinion is that there are never enough?

I guess one of the reasons I ask is that I do this very much part time (~10 hrs/week) so realistically I'm only going to get 1-2 decent posts out per week tops and most of my quality writing time is on the weekends; however, I do devote 30-60 min almost every night to check in on my WA notifications and answer any comments on my site/facebook so would it be worth throwing my site in the "request for comments" section a couple times per week to drive more consistent traffic? Would that make a noticeable difference or would it just be one of those "try it and see" things?

Replying to and publishing comments on your site is one of those things that may help you and it may not necessarily help you but it certainly won't hurt you.

It's a good idea idea to ask for feedback either way because people will point out errors and often give you helpful tips.