Comments on: How Often Should You Post?

By: 41 Reasons Why Your Blog Probably Sucks : Performancing

41 Reasons Why Your Blog Probably Sucks : Performancing — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:29:51 +0000

[...] posting regularly. There are two primary reasons that not posting regularly is “bad”. One is that readers lose patience when they don’t [...]

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 01:58:02 +0000

The compromise between posting good stuff and posting regularly is to vary the length of your posts when you’ve got nothing to say. Keep it short and sweet, and pack some information in it (this is where storing up ideas for off days helps) and put it out.

Sites that have made a living out of posting regularly have some of the most loyal audiences around – it’s a part of the daily routine for those readers (wake up, read blog X over breakfast), and you can’t put a price on that sort of attention.

By: tjgillies

tjgillies — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:35:20 +0000

Even if you _do_ post sucky content, it’s better than posting nothing. People can always skip over what they don’t wanna read. Who knows, _somebody_ out there might like even the lamest post. If you never write it, no one will like it.

By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:38:39 +0000

I agree it is better to keep up a regular posting schedule though I always advise to not *force* a post out, a bad post is worse than no post at all. I have seen from unsubscribe patterns that it is just not worth posting for the sake of posting. In fact I have one blog where readership is growing despite there being on occasion no posts from one week to another.

Obviously the best idea is to have some stored up in drafts for the off days, but if you have none stored up do not post a lackluster piece just to have that days box ticked. I post weekdays, leaving weekends for family and other tasks.