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What's the best way to add to, or update an existing blog post? Does doing so have any adverse effect on ranking? How much editing is 'too much'
Hi jvranjes - perhaps my question wasn't clear. I appreciate your comments...
Let's say you have an existing blogpost that you simply want to update:
I.e., I write a post about my cat. My cat then gets new boots and learns to sing, so I want to add that to my post ;)
Assuming my initial content remains unchanged, can I simply add to the copy with a few more paragraphs / insights / photos without it negatively impacting ranking?
By contrast, if I make small edits to existing copy (i.e punctuation, grammar, etc.) does this have any ill affect?
Cheers!
One definitely good way is to have comments coming to the post. This means new text and new keywords for search engines. No negative effects from this.
Great Question, Mike.
I'm looking forward to the feedback.
And does your question also apply to pages?
Paul.
Does updating a blog post affect ranking?
It's all in the title ;)
What's the best way to add to, or update an existing blog post? Does doing so have any adverse effect on ranking? How much editing is 'too much'
Adding content can help your rank. I like to add more extensive information, add pictures and videos, as well as double checking where I'm linking to, and which posts are linking to the post I want to improve. Tips on Improving a Site’s Ranking
Hi jvranjes - perhaps my question wasn't clear. I appreciate your comments...
Let's say you have an existing blogpost that you simply want to update:
I.e., I write a post about my cat. My cat then gets new boots and learns to sing, so I want to add that to my post ;)
Assuming my initial content remains unchanged, can I simply add to the copy with a few more paragraphs / insights / photos without it negatively impacting ranking?
By contrast, if I make small edits to existing copy (i.e punctuation, grammar, etc.) does this have any ill affect?
Cheers!
One definitely good way is to have comments coming to the post. This means new text and new keywords for search engines. No negative effects from this.
Great Question, Mike.
I'm looking forward to the feedback.
And does your question also apply to pages?
Paul.
Hi WAs,
So, I've created several blog posts in the past week, used the keyword took to find decent traffic (over 50 searches / month) and a low QSR, under 100).
I
If you want to check the performance of your website you need to verify your site with Google Analytics,Google Sitemap,Bing. Basically these tools will track your whole site performance.
Type Google analytics, Console above, check where you can find lessons about them or go to Bootcamp training.
I'm using Analytics to check my site performance every time I write or ad something in my site.
Thanks Luther -
I do have my site showing up in GA - I'll have to check on the sitemap and Bing. Cheers.
I'll dive into the search bar, but how do you check on the health / placement of a new blog post that you right via the GA dashboard? When I log-in, I can see overall site traffic per given day, as well as metrics such as gender, age etc, but nothing specific to a given post's traffic / ranking and so forth.
Thanks again.
About 1) check your ranking incognito, see more here: How to check your page ranking in google If you did not use Fetch, it may take weeks before posts are ranked, so give it time.
Thanks Jovo -
I headed over to your article and jumped over to Chrome's 'incognito' browser.
I'm not really clear on what I'm looking at here. As a test, I just typed in my blog post title and then went through about 6 pages on Google but didn't find it.
What do you mean by 'Fetch'?
Also, one thing I'm not clear on is if I search for a low competition keyword, let's pretend it's: "What is the best dog bone."
And, that phrase has a low QSR - hypothetically, let's call it 98 with 100 searches a month.
If I then write a blog post with that title and type the exact phrase into Google, I might get:
Dog Chew Comparison
Long Lasting Dog Chews
What bones are good for....
But nothing that reiterates my exact title.
What am I missing? If we're using the keyword tool for low competition keywords and enter those into Google, shouldn't those specific keywords be coming up immediately?
Thanks -
Mike
Hi Mike, sorry for slow reply, it was overnight at my side, I am in EU. Here are replies to some of your questions.
You type in your targeted keyword.
Fetch is an option in Webmaster: Crawl, Fetch as Google.
The examples you gave and the results are sad reality. QSR is quoted search result. But nobody searches with quotes so Google throws on you all relevant phrases. This is your true competition. This is why I am not ranked sometimes even with keywords that have QSR=0. These are true examples and I blogged about it, you can see it in the list of my blogs. So the point is, there is no guarantee ever that you will be ranked.
You can do search as you describe, with exact phrase, but then put it into quotes.
Bear in mind, you will never get ranked if you target so high QSRs. I stay below 30 most of the time.
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How do you check on the status of your blog posts?
Hi WAs,
So, I've created several blog posts in the past week, used the keyword took to find decent traffic (over 50 searches / month) and a low QSR, under 100).
I
If you want to check the performance of your website you need to verify your site with Google Analytics,Google Sitemap,Bing. Basically these tools will track your whole site performance.
Type Google analytics, Console above, check where you can find lessons about them or go to Bootcamp training.
I'm using Analytics to check my site performance every time I write or ad something in my site.
Thanks Luther -
I do have my site showing up in GA - I'll have to check on the sitemap and Bing. Cheers.
I'll dive into the search bar, but how do you check on the health / placement of a new blog post that you right via the GA dashboard? When I log-in, I can see overall site traffic per given day, as well as metrics such as gender, age etc, but nothing specific to a given post's traffic / ranking and so forth.
Thanks again.
About 1) check your ranking incognito, see more here: How to check your page ranking in google If you did not use Fetch, it may take weeks before posts are ranked, so give it time.
Thanks Jovo -
I headed over to your article and jumped over to Chrome's 'incognito' browser.
I'm not really clear on what I'm looking at here. As a test, I just typed in my blog post title and then went through about 6 pages on Google but didn't find it.
What do you mean by 'Fetch'?
Also, one thing I'm not clear on is if I search for a low competition keyword, let's pretend it's: "What is the best dog bone."
And, that phrase has a low QSR - hypothetically, let's call it 98 with 100 searches a month.
If I then write a blog post with that title and type the exact phrase into Google, I might get:
Dog Chew Comparison
Long Lasting Dog Chews
What bones are good for....
But nothing that reiterates my exact title.
What am I missing? If we're using the keyword tool for low competition keywords and enter those into Google, shouldn't those specific keywords be coming up immediately?
Thanks -
Mike
Hi Mike, sorry for slow reply, it was overnight at my side, I am in EU. Here are replies to some of your questions.
You type in your targeted keyword.
Fetch is an option in Webmaster: Crawl, Fetch as Google.
The examples you gave and the results are sad reality. QSR is quoted search result. But nobody searches with quotes so Google throws on you all relevant phrases. This is your true competition. This is why I am not ranked sometimes even with keywords that have QSR=0. These are true examples and I blogged about it, you can see it in the list of my blogs. So the point is, there is no guarantee ever that you will be ranked.
You can do search as you describe, with exact phrase, but then put it into quotes.
Bear in mind, you will never get ranked if you target so high QSRs. I stay below 30 most of the time.
See more comments
I recently had an ad show up in my newsfeed for selling on Amazon, was intrigued, watched the first hour with good info and then waited for the 'upsell' for a limited-time-$500
Seems sending people to Amazon for commissions may be the better fit, unless you have something very spectacular to sell.
I think by "white hat" you maybe meant "white label". But yeah, white label can work. Sounds like they're doing FBA though, which is different from affiliate marketing, which we're learning in WA.
Does FBA work? Yes, there's lots of courses out there, and they all cost about $200-$1000 (or more). So the concept is legit, it's just a matter of if the training is good. Don't know these guys though, so can't say if the course is any good.
Simpleproductprofits -anyone listen to this recent webinar?
I recently had an ad show up in my newsfeed for selling on Amazon, was intrigued, watched the first hour with good info and then waited for the 'upsell' for a limited-time-$500
Seems sending people to Amazon for commissions may be the better fit, unless you have something very spectacular to sell.
I think by "white hat" you maybe meant "white label". But yeah, white label can work. Sounds like they're doing FBA though, which is different from affiliate marketing, which we're learning in WA.
Does FBA work? Yes, there's lots of courses out there, and they all cost about $200-$1000 (or more). So the concept is legit, it's just a matter of if the training is good. Don't know these guys though, so can't say if the course is any good.
Adding content can help your rank. I like to add more extensive information, add pictures and videos, as well as double checking where I'm linking to, and which posts are linking to the post I want to improve. Tips on Improving a Site’s Ranking