In episode #776, Eric and Neil discuss why blogging too often may hurt your rankings. Tune in to hear why you should consider blogging less. TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:27] Today’s Topic: Why Blogging Too Often Will Hurt Your Rankings [00:45] A site has “x” amount of authority. [01:05] You’ll find that if you start blogging more over time, a lot of your content will become outdated. [01:32] Old pages will drop in rankings, but eventually your whole site will suffer because of outdated posts. [02:20] Refer to the Content Reusage Framework. [02:22] A VC named Tomasz Tonguz did a study on the value of temporal content vs. evergreen content. [02:47] The difference between a news site and an evergreen site is that your rankings will spike from time to time, whereas evergreen content stacks in rankings over time. [03:25] Focus on writing better content, which will help your rankings. [03:45] The majority of your posts will not generate much traffic. [03:55] 20% of your content will make up 70% of your traffic. [04:13] Go to SEMRush or Ahrefs and look at what is popular on your competitors’ sites. [04:30] BuzzSumo will also show you what people love. [05:02] Follow the data. [05:19] That’s it for today! [05:35] Go to here to see how many downloads the show is getting. Also rate and review to help Eric and Neil meet their goal of 1 Million downloads per month. They will throw a live event once they reach their goal. Leave some feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with us: NeilPatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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