If you happen to be a part of blogosphere, you might have noticed a couple of odd facets to which you couldn’t find immediate solutions.
Reviving old posts is one major concern of most of the bloggers as it is very painful to see their hard work moving into the archived zone.
Yet, now you can do something to revive these and to Give New Life to Old Posts, which somehow happens to get ignored by readers.
Carry on reading this article! ;)
You will get some golden rules to resolve this problem and Give New Life to Old Posts.
How To Give New Life to Old Posts?
Update Old Posts on Your Website:
Blogosphere is a centre of changing perceptions and research. Every day you get to see something or other making its place as top content on search engine. Therefore, you must start re-working to Give New Life to Old Posts and update with your experiences on the basis of current SEO trends. This lucrative update will make your blog useful and can be truly magnetic towards traffic building.
Cross Linking:
This can actually fetch returns of multi-tasking. Most of us as a blogger has done cross linking many times, but with old blog posts it seriously creates wonders.
You can simply punch an anchor text with all appropriate keywords. This will pop up your website’s ranking on search engine as well will enhance Google PR. There is other way out also. Blogger can employ insight plugin for cross linking in a new post and this will help them out in making people stay for longer on their website which will reduce bounce rate of their blog.
Do Read : Search Engine Optimization Through Internal Linking
Take Help of Social Media:
Social media sometimes can be good source of traffic, even if you are sharing a couple of old posts. You can harness its potential through Twitter, Facebook, stumble Upon etc. This can be a wonderful option of rejuvenating your old posts.
Check Out : Top 10 Best Social Sharing Plugins For WordPress
Create A Follow Up Post:
Although it sounds similar as cross linking part,
Isn’t it? :D
But in follow-up post you can directly link up both old and new posts. In this you easily indicate the older posts and with new post, giving it a new exposure. By this you can share your messages written in the old posts with the new readers also.
Use the Related Post/ Recommended Post Plugin:
You would find plethora of plugins/ widgets available for showing related post/ recommended posts just below the article or in sidebar. By using these plugins you can easily give new shape to your older posts. The plugins maintains a balance of PR and gets you better search engine ranking.
Optimize Your Old Blog Posts:
No one can disagree with the fact that search engine is a best corner for generating traffic. If you simply do a small research on keywords and keywords density, and punch with a little fresh description, let me tell you that it is going to help you immensely.
Must Read : 5 SEO Tips to Use Keywords Effectively
Use Subscriber Link Resource and Attract Traffic:
Subscriber list is a good place to show your cards. You can transfer all your old blog posts to subscriber list at a regular interval and in this way readers will end up in reading more of your blogs. Make sure you don’t over do this because this may force your subscriber to unsubscribe from your mailing list.
Did I miss any points? That you are using to revive and Give New Life to Old Posts, If yes then share your points with us via leaving a comment.
Dipankar Mondal says
March 1, 2013 at 6:27 pmIt is true sometime old posts are ignore by readers. But if we take this steps to give life on our posts then we can reduce our bounce rate.
Thanks for this awesome resource:)
Krishna Parmar says
November 25, 2012 at 8:13 pmHi,
Nice post you have given here, yes! Giving new life to your old article will surely give boost to traffic as well as it will help you to recover from Google Panda Also!
Tarun Jaitely says
January 15, 2013 at 12:49 pmYes, You are right it can also help you to recover from Google Panda penalization. Thanks for commenting :)
Kumar Gauraw says
November 23, 2012 at 11:12 amThis is a very valuable information and I personally have recently made a lot of improvements on my own blog to tackle this exact issue. I use a plating called “Tweet Old Posts” for automatic social media sharing.
I liked all the suggestions in your article and there is a definite value addition in implementing these recommendations to revive the old posts. Thank you for is awesome post.
Tarun Jaitely says
January 15, 2013 at 12:54 pmGlad to see that you liked the article.
Tweeting Old Post is a good way to get traffic to your old posts, you can also use facebook to promote your old posts.
Zishan Ahmed says
November 18, 2012 at 8:36 pmHi Tarun:
I really love your concept and didn’t thought like this. I have a question, if i apply your way how long it will take time to re live the old post.
Thanks again for such a fantastic article.
Kamlesh Nishad says
November 18, 2012 at 6:07 pmThe best and effective way to write a new post and make links to older posts in this way new reader can also read older articles. The main art is to link in proper way so that it not look spam content. BTW thanks for sharing this superb post
shahadot says
November 18, 2012 at 3:52 pmHello Tarun Jaitely,
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kamran says
November 7, 2012 at 4:26 pmUseful Post. However i notice that when updating post too much. then it may be ignore by search engines. how much i am right?
Tarun Jaitely says
November 8, 2012 at 10:48 pmNo Kamran, Search engines may take time to re-index your updated but it will not be ignored.
The Secret Insider says
November 7, 2012 at 1:23 amHi Tarun, A very interesting post, a lot of people write blog posts then leave them to rot. It is a great way to keep traffic on your site and lift the site in rankings if you do a lot of linking and updating old posts. Never let your old posts sit and fester. :-)
Regards
SI
Ranjan says
November 6, 2012 at 2:43 pmHi Tarun it’s a really a great post.
I generally use cross linking for my archives but i found the most effective is social media share.
Rahul Kashyap says
November 6, 2012 at 12:01 pmReally Nice information. I am agree with you old post SEO is very important and related blog post plugin is useful for share our Old Post. But We can share our old post on facebook and other high ranking social website. :)
Chris says
November 6, 2012 at 12:36 amHi,
Really awesome work you did in this article.I think most popular widget is nice way to get new life to old post,And after that Cross linking.
Tarun Jaitely i would like to ask you one think that how can i earn traffic Via Stumble Upon,would you please give me some more details on it or write a new article with stumble upon heading..
Thanks!
Tarun Jaitely says
November 8, 2012 at 10:56 pmThanks Chris,
To drive traffic via stumble you need to be active on stumble upon, Make sure you use relevant tags for your content, ask your readers to share your content on stumble Upon etc. Stay tuned I’ll be up with an article on this topic soon.
Aliakbar Fakhri says
November 5, 2012 at 9:19 pmtarun , Thanks for the post,
Its really important these days to make older post live, by linking to Newer Articles..
Tarun Jaitely says
November 8, 2012 at 10:56 pmThanks Aliakbar for Stopping by :)
Admin says
November 5, 2012 at 6:19 pmNice thoughts, certainly will improve older posts. As time passes older posts get lagged behind and your tips surely lift them up.
Stephen says
November 5, 2012 at 2:03 pmHey Tarun,
I really enjoyed this post. It can truly be discouraging when you don’t get as much out of an article as you hoped to. Only to watch it fade from relevance. So, it is a good thing anytime you can bring it back to life. Thanks for the tips.
Felicia says
November 5, 2012 at 12:51 pmHi Tarun,
The methods you mentioned are definitely surefire ways of being able to revive a very popular blog post. Another method is to make use of sticky post with your popular article. This way, everyone that goes to your homepage will immediately see the article.
piyush goyal says
November 4, 2012 at 4:00 pmI totally agree with you Tarun…. Old blog posts realy need some power ups…. I’ll follow your instructions…. Thanks for this useful article…
Tarun Jaitely says
November 8, 2012 at 10:46 pmThanks Piyush for liking the article. You will get good results for sure after applying the tips mentioned above.
Hussain Saifi says
November 3, 2012 at 5:47 pmwow cross linking is one of the best way to promote your blog and give nerw birth to it
Tarun Jaitely says
November 4, 2012 at 1:12 pmThanks for your comment Hussain :)
Undoubtedly cross linking is a good way to give life to old posts.
Muhammad Talha says
November 3, 2012 at 12:48 pmReally awesome stuff to read and get ideas to get more traffic from old post ideas.
Tarun Jaitely says
November 4, 2012 at 1:11 pmThanks Muhammad for liking the post :)
Gautam says
November 3, 2012 at 7:48 amhmm….i will really use it as it will increase my site and posts quality thanks…
Tarun Jaitely says
November 4, 2012 at 1:20 pmThanks for admiring the post :)
Fabrizio says
November 3, 2012 at 6:12 amTarun these are awesome ways to spruce up and bring life to old blog posts, I’ve been doing a lot of content update on my own blog and interlinking posts is a great way to get some traffic to old posts.
Tarun Jaitely says
November 4, 2012 at 1:19 pmThanks Fabrizio for dropping your comment :)
Good to see that you are also using these ways to promote your old posts.
Khaja moin says
November 2, 2012 at 6:39 pmPromoting old posts is very very important as it can bring more traffic to your blog.
Internal linking is one of the best way to promote links.
Also posting top post monthly is one of the easiest way..
BTW thanks sharing.
~@khajamoin1
Tarun Jaitely says
November 4, 2012 at 1:15 pmThanks Khaja for dropping your comment, I do agree with you that posting top post monthly is an easy yet effective to way to revive old post.
jawad zaib says
November 2, 2012 at 1:09 pmall of your points are great but i think Related Post/ Recommended Post Plugin is the most easiest and efficient way of giving new life to the old post on your blog, Cross Linking is also great but it require a bit of work while Related Post/ Recommended Post is the easy way, anyway thanks for this awesome post and keep up the good work…
Tarun Jaitely says
November 4, 2012 at 1:10 pmJawad zaib, I do agree with you that Related Post/Recommended Post Plugins are easy to use but you can’t have all related posts every time, so interlinking is also useful to get traffic to old posts and to flow the PR juice to them.
jaykrishna says
November 2, 2012 at 11:08 amgreat post all around the globe people are recycling there contents and in the context of that this post of yours would surely help others and me too.
Tarun Jaitely says
November 4, 2012 at 1:06 pmThanks Jaykrishna for likin the post :)
PJS Webmaster Blog says
November 2, 2012 at 7:17 amI totally agree with you Tarun…. Old blog posts realy need some power ups…. I’ll follow your instructions…. Thanks for this useful article… :)
Tarun Jaitely says
November 4, 2012 at 1:05 pmThanks for stopping by, hope you will get good results via these tips :)
Jim Luthra says
November 2, 2012 at 12:24 amThanks for sharing this post, It will really help me improve my blog posts. Thanks :)
Tarun Jaitely says
November 4, 2012 at 1:04 pmGlad to see that you found it helpful :)
Kuldeep says
November 1, 2012 at 10:07 pmHi,
Updating the oldest posts with some new correction would be an awesome way to increase its quality which leads more traffic growth. And to be honest i’ll be deleting the older posts which has low quality but i’ve learned that deleting is my big mistake, as i can updating it and make it with more quality.
And using to related post or some widgets also helps to navigate our older posts as you’ve mentioned.
thanks
Tarun Jaitely says
November 4, 2012 at 1:02 pmKuldeep, Nice to see you here :)
Yes, tweaking your old posts is better than to delete them because deleting post will cause 404 error which can hurt your site’s ranking.
Hari Narayan says
November 1, 2012 at 8:03 pmHi Tarun!
Really, many of the old posts in my blog are getting traffic these days, and well said, if we use social media for promoting, we’ll more traffic for our old blog posts.
Tarun Jaitely says
November 2, 2012 at 9:42 pmHappy to see that you are getting good traffic to your old posts and I too agree with you that social media is a great way to get traffic to your old posts.
subin says
November 1, 2012 at 6:13 pmi think social media sharing and cross linking are the best way to give a new life to old blog post…thanks for sharing such a nice article
Tarun Jaitely says
November 2, 2012 at 9:46 pmThanks for appreciating the article :)
Cross linking will help you to have good rankings too.
Hamza Sheikh says
November 1, 2012 at 5:31 pmHey Tarun!
Your post is really good. I have been using the “follow up post, and social sharing” methods to revise my old posts in my channels. Thanks for adding up the new methods here! I will give them a try.
Tarun Jaitely says
November 2, 2012 at 9:48 pmI am glad too see that you liked the article.
I would suggest you to try other methods too and don’t forget to share your result with us :)
Sadhil Kumar says
November 1, 2012 at 4:51 pmGood post, Tarun. I am thinking of interconnecting my blog posts, but then again you need to have a certain no. of related posts to do so.
I din’t know interconnecting posts also improves Page Rank.
Tarun Jaitely says
November 2, 2012 at 9:52 pmYou are right Sadhil, Cross linking requires certain no. of related posts on your blog. And yes cross linking helps in increasing PR of a site.
Bharat says
November 1, 2012 at 3:30 pmApart from these, some free WordPress plugins are also available that automate the social media sharing process of old articles. I prefer using them too.
Tarun Jaitely says
November 2, 2012 at 9:53 pmThanks Bharat for adding one more point in the list.
Reeja Mathews says
November 4, 2012 at 11:44 pmsocial media sharing process old articles is a good idea.
Tarun can you suggest some plugins
Raplus says
November 1, 2012 at 3:14 pmHi Tarun,
A Nice post. Related post plugin really helpful for getting traffic to old most. And also adding a most popular widget is nice way to get new life to old post. :-)
Tarun Jaitely says
November 2, 2012 at 9:54 pmThanks for stopping by. Yes popular post and related post plugin help to give new life to old posts.