How Much Content is enough?

13 years ago

If you have a news site, probably should have new stuff everyday.

If you a site that updates stock prices, might be every 10 minutes.

If you have a site that simply provides information about a timeless topic, you might never have to put more content up.

The question isn't how often does Google want more content, it's how often do your readers want it.

More content is good for a bunch of reasons, but there are a lot of small sites that rank just fine.

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jtooder

13 years ago

It's said that fresh content does help rankings and keeps the Google bot coming back more frequently.

I would suggest, 1 new piece every week or 2 if the site makes money and the resources are available. Assuming of course the site is a timeless topic as packerfan mentioned.

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MasterOfNothing

13 years ago

Both answers are very helpful and got me where I was going, thanks!!

Most all my sites are informational, so I think every couple weeks or maybe even once a month should be sufficient. Thanks guys

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JoshuaG 13 years ago

Its good to keep an eye on your analytics. When you see a drop in traffic or SERP ranking, you can ad some new content and it may boost you back up.
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- NestZone 13 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by JoshuaG
  
  Its good to keep an eye on your analytics. When you see a drop in traffic or SERP ranking, you can ad some new content and it may boost you back up.
  
  This is the best way to know when to add new content or carry out another backlink campaign
  
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ExploringInfinity

13 years ago

Originally Posted by MasterOfNothing

Hi there,
Been researching SEO for the last year and I have a question I hope there is a clear answer for

Once you have a well SEO'd website and you have plenty of quality content, how much is needed to keep the "good content" coming in?

For example:
If I create a site with about 15 pages to start with each page with at least 700 words per page... how much content needs to be added and how ofter for google to be interested in you.

Very sorry for the newbie question, Just trying to get a few things figured out.

In advance, Thanks so much for any and all help.

Depends on your site.

Some sites dont need any new content for a long time, sometimes never. It depends more on your backlinking campaigns after your site is 5 or 6 months old.

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uebomoyi

13 years ago

I heard that in order for you to stay on top of the competition, you have to constantly keep posting and updating your website. Perhaps you could start to target different keywords for different pages and constantly keep posting so you can get that organic traffic coming in soon. Also remember to keep pinging and getting backlinks to your website-- that helps with your rankings.

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ex9to5guy

13 years ago

no less then once a month, no more then once every two weeks

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eurekapsycrille

13 years ago

Yeah, using analytics is a good way of monitoring your site's traffic. But to make sure, update your site's content with new ones and also make sure to write a good and interesting content for your site.

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JamesGw

13 years ago

If you're looking to build a legitimate business and brand then you need to realize right now that there is no such thing as "enough" content.

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kaybee

13 years ago

Keep in mind that variety helps, too. For instance, vary the amount of words in your posts. It does not look natural for every post to have 700 words. Short posts, long posts, some with pictures, some with videos.

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mathman

13 years ago

This topic largely depends on the site you are building. Large company sites obviously need lots of content, but not much updating. Small niche sites need less content and almost no updating. Blogs don't need a lot of upfront content, but they need lots of updates. This question is very difficult to answer in your situation as we don't know what type of site you are trying to build.

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markviduk86

13 years ago

Your site is Micro niche or news site
If yours is a news site, I think you will have to update content daily
If yours is micro niche site, I think at least 3 unique contents is enought

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Mr Hollywood

13 years ago

I try to update my site about once per week just to keep it fresh.

The more content it has, the more keywords it has, which means the more traffic you will get! And isn't that what we all want??

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36burrows

13 years ago

more content = more traffic = more revenue

Pretty simple formula

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NicoleBeckett

13 years ago

Originally Posted by 36burrows

more content = more traffic = more revenue

Pretty simple formula

I would just add one thing:

more QUALITY content = more traffic = more revenue

After all, if your content is garbage, no one's going to take you seriously. And if no one takes you seriously, then you can kiss all of that revenue goodbye

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36burrows

13 years ago

Originally Posted by NicoleBeckett

I would just add one thing:

more QUALITY content = more traffic = more revenue

After all, if your content is garbage, no one's going to take you seriously. And if no one takes you seriously, then you can kiss all of that revenue goodbye

Very good point

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JustFelix 13 years ago

You should have at least 50 articles at best and add 1 or 2 articles per month afterward.

Trust me, google will love you. Now That's for websites if we're talking about blog than add about 2 articles per day without stopping if you want your blog to be successful.
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papacuppa

13 years ago

It's nice to be able to systemize content creation, like most other things in business - whether that's writing once a week, once a month, or perhaps once every 2 days.

I think i depends on your type of business and whether your industry is accustomed to shart posts or detailed articles.

I recommend seeing what your competition is doing, and then doing a little bit more!

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donkiston

13 years ago

450 words article is much enough for SEO content. I mostly use this strategy.

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imdomination

13 years ago

Generally, I'll add 2-3 new articles each week to each of my sites. I put aside a few hours every Saturday to do this. Keeps everything fresh, and whenever I add new content I see a small boost in the SE results.

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enni

Banned 13 years ago

There is no limit of contents but quality contents are very important. So try to write quality, original and topic related contents and don't copy any contents from the other comments because Google give penalty for duplicate contents.

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johnasthlon

13 years ago

There is none kind of limitation on web to produce and distribute quality content as there are lot of ways and resource to make it possible.

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