Why We Need To Constantly Update Our Articles On Hive
Hello Everyone,
I got a message from a newbie who read my previous posts on how to grow on Hive. I don't know how those posts still get visibility. Anyway, I'm glad it did and also that it's helpful. (I think I should just create a collection using the peakd frontend.)
Looking at them I realised that they need to be updated. Most posts on Hive need to be updated. Things change every day. It gets harder to grow and to some people, it becomes easier. While some growth principles remain constant, it is interesting and important to always notice and follow the trends.
What Do I Mean?
In my content creation part 1, I talked about how I write a post and make videos. I explained those steps.
Looking at that post, I notice that some of the things I shared have been updated. Take for instance, 'how to get Images'...
Many don't download from these free sites again, instead, they customise their pictures with the related topic. I also feel that is stress-free and saves a lot of hours searching for free images.
Search Engine Optimisation
search engine optimisation is the process of making your website or your content gain traffic from search engines. SEO is something important that can help promote Hive. It also feels good to have your post on the top when a particular topic is being searched for on the web.
Alot of these search engines consider alot of things. One is your "Title Tags", "Page layout and structure" and even "Keywords" in the post.
So when you make an article, it is good to structure it well and also update it after a while. It helps search engines like google recognise your post. It is also good to leave the link to your previous posts in the new one.
I haven't done more SEO analysis on Hiv socials, however, I think updating posts regular will help improve visibility.
People Get Stucked In The Past
Please update posts that include "How to make money" or finance-related posts because for some reason, these posts get seen months later and if there isn't any update, the reader might run into complications.
Articles that involve Hive and HBD and even layer 2 tokens can also be confusing if they don't get updated. I believe it is very important to update these things as it would help readers to understand the timelines.
In Conclusion...
Updating Articles is essential on Hive and I think it is also helpful outside Hive. Tell me what do you think?
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That's a great reminder. Since contents stay on the web, there are indeed chances that they will come out in searches years later and for them to be relevant, they need to be updated from time to time.
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I don't think this is a good idea and will be well received by curators.
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Well, old contents are not getting curated past the 7 days payout so I don't see any harm or problem there. Like if I have an old content which is creating traffic, I can edit it, update some information that might be outdated and that's it.
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Even if you edit we can see versions of edit so editing will only change the front of post but if we like we can see the previous version easily. :)
That is true but he was talking about SEO, so my understanding was when he wrote something a year ago, the information was applicable at that time so he needs to update it based on the current situation.
I remember reading a similar idea I think from hitmeasap if I wasn't mistaken. The topic I think was "Would you update your old post if it's bringing a lot of traffic" something like that.
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I think it is... It's not about the rewards, it's about giving people an updated information.
But, there will be awards anyway)
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Wait, are you saying that the articles I wrote a year ago can be republished? This looks like spam.
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I think he didn't mean republish them, but edit the same content to keep information up-to-date.
This is already copywriting, which can hardly be called an original article, but perhaps I'm wrong, this is my assumption.
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Oh, there are different ways to update an article anyway.
You could write a new one just stating the changes to the old one and explaining the differences.
For example - 'How to make money' ( you talked about two ways and now there are more ways)
You could write 'how to make money part 2' which focuses on the new ways and u can reference the previous article therein.
In short, write a new article)
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True, every article needs to be revisited and updated at some points in the future because of the revolution and changes on the platform.
Although it maybe very difficult to scrool through and begin to go through one at a time.
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