Hi, just a quick question: I have a blog that is only about 10 months old. It ranks 2nd on the front page of google.com for a certain keyword, which I am happy with. Now, I have not updated the blog since July 2008...lol. Should I add content? If I do, will I lose rankings? Should I leave it as is? Thanks in advance
You should add some new content in odrer to keep or improve on your ranking. A competitor with fresh and regular updated could possible overtake you. Just one post every few weeks should help. Also if you're selling something an out of date site doesn't look good.
Thanks for your input. I am not selling anything on this blog, it is just articles about my main site. should I still add articles? + Rep added
If u leave ur blog as it is without adding new content by some time u'll loose ur ranking. As thousand of blog are made in single day with same content. If u don't wanna loose ur ranking or if u want to gain rank,what u can do is make a unique content with the same keyword for which u come in first 2 pages of google and add it to your blog. By doing this you will maintain you ranking. May be for some time after uploading the content u'll loose your rank for sometime but it does mean that you'll loose your creditability.Always upload fresh content with proper density of keywords.
fresh & new content can't be reason of devalued ranking. Google loves content. so keep writing to make your site more visible to google.
If you don't maintain a site at some point your competitors will easily outrank you. You'll have better chances of loosing SERPS for not updating your blog than for posting new relevant articles (which should actually increase your rankings). It probably took you some work and time to get it ranked, don't loose the effort you put into it now! Keep on building links and content and you'll keep on seeing results.
You may also wanna consider linking back to your old articles in order to get them reindexed once more - that should improve you ranking even further.
for blogs, more content you add, better your ranking wil lbe. if you dont add content for a long time, you will lose ranking over time. i have a health blog which i dont spend much time on and hardly add any content. it goes back in ranking if i dont add new content for a while. once i add new article (make sure you have your keyword on the blog title and use the KW 2-3 times throughout the content) on the blog, my ranking gets better
Totally depends on what you want out of it. If it ain't broke don't fix it. What is the risk/reward ratio?
hi I think that a blog should be updated very frequently and new content needs to be added regularly to it If this is not done then it maybe that for a few days you would have good rankings but in the long run you may eventually not be benefitted good luck with your website!! thanks, ankur