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Any Risks with Posting a Lot of Real, Unique Content?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by ajwalsh, Oct 5, 2010.

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    Hi all, I just set up a new Wordpress blog. (A subdomain of an existing website, actually)

    I have a few different category pages to target some keywords and I want to quickly add a lot of posts. When Google starts indexing these category pages, I want to make sure there are several posts in them.

    I am writing all the posts myself and they are all completely unique. Each is about 250 words.

    Should I have any hesitation to post more than 2 a day? Would 4-5 be okay? I've searched around for other threads about this, and I understand there are a lot of things that can raise red flags for Google, but if all my content is completely legit, should I worry at all about adding a lot in a short period of time?
     
    ajwalsh, Oct 5, 2010 IP
  2. evanlambda

    evanlambda Peon

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    No, the more unique content, the better.
     
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  3. ajwalsh

    ajwalsh Peon

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    Right, that's definitely the golden rule. I guess all I was worried about was making sure that Google won't just assume that it must be duplicate or pirated if there are more than 2 or 3 posts a day.

    It's often not that natural for a blog to post so much, but in my case, it really is natural!
     
    ajwalsh, Oct 5, 2010 IP
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    The more unique content the better. I don't think any flag will be raised if you post 4-5 unique content a day.
     
    dofollowlist, Oct 5, 2010 IP
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    There is no problem about posting that amount, however If I would be you then I will just schedule the posts so the blog gets updated 1-2 times a day but for longer period ;)
     
    theentry, Oct 6, 2010 IP
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    If you are posting unique contents then you will get benefit from Google. It will indexed by Google quickly and you will start receiving traffic as soon as you will post..
     
    merockysingh, Oct 6, 2010 IP
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    it is best to wait for the previous post to get crawled before submitting new one if the keywords used in the posts are linking to same site...
     
    shania david, Oct 6, 2010 IP
  8. ajwalsh

    ajwalsh Peon

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    Yeah, this is definitely good advice. I was just worried because I'm trying to optimize each category page for a specific long-tail keyword and I didn't want there to be no posts in them if I happened to get indexed quickly (I'm not sure how fast this happens if it's a subdomain of an existing site...)
     
    ajwalsh, Oct 6, 2010 IP
  9. ajwalsh

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    Sorry, what exactly does it mean for "keywords in the posts to link to the same site?"
     
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    Fully agree, specially because the site is new you want to not to "overwhelm" Google by posting a lot of posts and then for a long time nothing, or just a small amount of posts... It's better to update regularly, Google will notice that and take note that your site has always fresh content...
     
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    Hi mate
    Real and unique content will give you best results ...keep posting
     
    seo smith, Oct 6, 2010 IP
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    Trioman Active Member

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    I agree. as long as you creating unique content, there shouldn't be any penalty. To maximize your rankings however, you should try to do a lot of internal linking and add no-follow to outgoing links.
     
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    4-5 posts a day will NOT raise flags. In fact 10or 20 per day wouldn't.

    BUT...

    I would rather write 1 high quality post ever few days or even once per week than to write 4-5 mediocre or crappy posts per day. 250 words is a very short post IMO. You can't talk about anything significant in 250 words. And the sheer number of posts on your site is not going to make your site popular(with the engines or people). Volume of posts won't make people want spend time there. The quality of the posts (not the number) is what is important.

    So content just being unique is not enough. It needs to be quality content. Unique crap is still crap. But quality content that is unique is golden.
     
    Canonical, Oct 6, 2010 IP
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    Unique content & quality posts can attract people and visitors.Quality and unique content can build your credibility with your readers.
     
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    Right, these are very good points, thanks.

    In my case, my site is mostly made up of more brief reviews, so I think it's alright as long as I'm sure to write them all well. I won't be just churning out crappy ones (at least I hope not...)
     
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    This is initially what made me ask.
     
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  17. Jim4767

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    #17
    I totally agree. The internet is saturated with garbage content (ajwalsh, I'm not suggesting that yours is). It's the exception rather than the rule to find a high-quality post with good grammar, spelling, and word choice.

    Canonical is exactly right. Focus on writing a workable number of very high-quality posts. Make them something well worth the visitor's time. The quality content of your website will bring you the success you desire over the long run.
     
    Jim4767, Oct 6, 2010 IP