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Inactivity is a killer for SEO

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by marketingwithjack, Apr 4, 2013.

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    I conducted a little experiment.

    So, I managed to get the Google spiders to the point where it was indexing four to five pages per hour. It was really consistent, too. Happened all day and every day.

    I then stopped posting new content on my home page.

    After a week, the spiders stopped coming back.

    So, the lesson here is that you should always have fresh content at least once a week. We have to train the spiders to keep coming back. In order to do that, it needs something new to see.
     
    marketingwithjack, Apr 4, 2013 IP
  2. rankwatch.com

    rankwatch.com Active Member

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    Yes, I agree that inactivity can kill your SEO and get down your rankings.
     
    rankwatch.com, Apr 4, 2013 IP
  3. CYNE

    CYNE Member

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    I noticed that too with my blogs. So I try posting new content at least every 3-5 days.
     
    CYNE, Apr 4, 2013 IP
  4. Rajnish sharma

    Rajnish sharma Greenhorn

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    Yes your are right. I also checked it.
     
    Rajnish sharma, Apr 4, 2013 IP
  5. Jim4767

    Jim4767 Prominent Member

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    Anecdotally, I would tend to agree. I've been working for a couple of months on getting my website shifted over to some new software. So I haven't been feeding fresh stuff to the spiders. I have noticed my traffic drifting down a bit during those two months. It could be something else, but I suspect it's my inactivity.
     
    Jim4767, Apr 5, 2013 IP
  6. scholarsjunction

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    Yes its true that spiders crawl your website late when you stop updating your website. But it doesn't effect too much in ranking.
     
    scholarsjunction, Apr 5, 2013 IP
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    Yup, It doesn't effect much....as i have many inactive site having same traffic daily
     
    nitin4u, Apr 5, 2013 IP
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    I think having new content does effect rankings. I have noticed that when I havent added any pages to my site for a couple weeks my traffic tends to drop...
     
    zfa32937, Apr 6, 2013 IP
  9. marketingwithjack

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    Started updating more frequently again, and the spiders are back at the previous pace once more. Google is indexing five new pages an hour again.
     
    marketingwithjack, Apr 10, 2013 IP