{"id":14217,"date":"2022-06-03T16:10:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T10:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/?p=14217"},"modified":"2023-04-08T12:23:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T06:53:41","slug":"bring-old-blog-post-back-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/bring-old-blog-post-back-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do with Your Old Blog Posts in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Banner-Images_RW_Blog-6.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14230 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Banner-Images_RW_Blog-6-e1575369734114.png?resize=640%2C309&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"309\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the time of the year, when site owners run their domain through several audits like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/feature\/site-audit-feature\/\">Site Audit<\/a><\/strong>, Content Audit, etc. to identify and remove elements harming their performance online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After every audit, you come across several old pages on your website that are eating up the online space and driving less amount of traffic to your site along with the ones which are no longer valuable to your current audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Presence of such pages does not help your site&#8217;s online growth. On the contrary, they can affect your SERP performance so they must be removed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, removal of old content isn&#8217;t the only solution. You can reuse and recycle them as well. And that&#8217;s why I&#8217;ve written this guide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the end of it, you&#8217;ll learn EXACTLY:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why should you consider revisiting your old blog posts?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to determine which pages to remove, reuse, and update?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What to do with the old posts you decide to keep?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Why consider revisiting your old blog posts?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some reasons that might convince you to revisit your old blog posts.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Improve your site\u2019s SERP performance<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Google\u2019s Panda update, publishing low-quality content resulted in falling rankings and poor SERP performance. So, websites began publishing well-researched and high-quality content that the search engine juggernaut appreciates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The old blogs on your site contain outdated information which is not valuable to your current visitor and Google regards it as low-quality. Keeping such posts active on your website is not advised for effective SEO. Therefore, you must handle them in a way that it favours your SEO and improves your site\u2019s SERP performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Boost your online reputation<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outdated information can harm your online reputation. Visitors won\u2019t appreciate coming across a solution to their query that is not practical in the current circumstances. And if you have several blogs on your site providing old information to your audience, then you need to prepare an action plan to deal with them immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Increase your credibility<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Updated content equipped with the latest information, figures, facts, etc., best satisfies the user\u2019s query. When users find EXACTLY what they are searching for, they begin to treat the website, that provides it, as a credible source of information.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Skyrocket your traffic<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When trust is developed between the site and the users, the latter begins exploring the other related pieces of content published by the former. This helps drive more people towards different pages of your domain; thereby, increasing the amount of quality traffic received.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Before you start\u2026<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are a couple of things you must do before learning about how to deal with your old posts. Following these can help you execute the process seamlessly.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Create an inventory of your site\u2019s entire content<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, you need to create an inventory of all the content on your domain. If you have a small website with 100 to 200 pages, you can do it manually. However, if the pages are more than that, you should use data extraction tools and compile all the data in a spreadsheet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can use Google Analytics to extract your site&#8217;s content. Here&#8217;s a short tutorial on how to do that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open GA and login with your account.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-2.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14218 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-2.png?resize=381%2C465&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Open GA and login with your account\" width=\"381\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-2.png?w=474&amp;ssl=1 474w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1-2.png?resize=246%2C300&amp;ssl=1 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Source: Google Analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Select \u2018<\/span><b>Behaviour<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 in the left-side menu of the tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2-1.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14219\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2-1.png?resize=237%2C306&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2-1.png?w=279&amp;ssl=1 279w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2-1.png?resize=233%2C300&amp;ssl=1 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Source: Google Analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This trigger opens a drop-down menu where you need to select \u2018<\/span><b>Site Content<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 and then \u2018<\/span><b>All Pages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3-2.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14220\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3-2.png?resize=217%2C337&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3-2.png?w=265&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3-2.png?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Source: Google Analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll face a report which includes URL to all the content from your website published during a specified period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14221\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4-1.jpg?resize=594%2C351&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C604&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4-1.jpg?resize=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4-1.jpg?resize=768%2C453&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/4-1.jpg?w=1179&amp;ssl=1 1179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Source: Google Analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can select the time from the publication date of your first blog to the latest one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5-1.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14222 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5-1.png?resize=331%2C201&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Google Analytics\" width=\"331\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5-1.png?w=376&amp;ssl=1 376w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/5-1.png?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Source: Google Analytics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, extract the data into a Google spreadsheet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/6-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14223 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/6-1.jpg?resize=589%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Google spreadsheet Extraction\" width=\"589\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/6-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C580&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/6-1.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/6-1.jpg?resize=768%2C435&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/6-1.jpg?w=1377&amp;ssl=1 1377w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/6-1.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Source: Google Sheets<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Divide them into relevant categories<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After creating the inventory, you should bifurcate the content into related categories based on how you\u2019d address them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the data you require to determine the appropriate category can be found in Google Analytics. Also, study a year\u2019s performance of each post to add it to the most relevant category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the data points you should focus on analysing:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bounce rate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avg. time on page<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pageviews<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unique page views<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Remove<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analyze all the pages with page views lesser than 100. Check whether or not their content is still relevant and can be reused in formats like infographics, videos, etc. If it does not seem likely that changing the content format can improve the page\u2019s performance, then you should remove it from your website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>IMPORTANT. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Removing old posts from your website does not affect its traffic. In contrast, eliminating old posts end up improving your traffic. Siege Media deleted old posts from their website and their traffic spiked by <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.siegemedia.com\/seo\/content-audit\">50%<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Recycle<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the analysis, if you come across pages that have not been performing well but still have the potential of engaging the current audience, then you can recycle those into infographics, podcasts, videos, eBooks, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Reuse<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keeping your old content updated with the latest information helps Google treat it as a fresh piece of content. Remember that simple tweaks to the content will not be helpful. You cannot edit the document and hope that Google will consider that you\u2019ve updated your content because it will not. You need to perform your research on the topic again and focus on resolving queries of your current audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What to do with the old posts you decide to keep?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After eliminating the old blogs, which are no longer useful for the audience, you must put all your focus on preparing an action plan for the post you have decided to keep.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The entire action plan is divided into 3 steps, with each step having various sub-steps.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Step I: Update<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are all the essential things that you must do to update your old posts.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Add the latest information to the blog<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google aims to deliver the most recent information to the audience because that\u2019s what they are looking for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the year 2019, and neither do people nor Google will appreciate that they receive information which was last valued in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You must perform new research on the topic, and while you are at it, you must keep in mind these things to ensure a better SERP performance:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Study what your competitors have covered in their posts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check that all the links point to the appropriate blog\/source.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Replace links to old stats\/data with the latest ones.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remove parts of the content which you find no longer relevant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add the latest content to the blog.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure that the word count is around or more than <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seoshark.com.au\/making-long-content-for-seo\/\">1500 words.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Conduct fresh keyword research and optimize accordingly<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When updating your content with the latest information, conduct new keyword research as well. It is crucial to keep updating your content with the current keyword trends because it keeps on changing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, \u2018World Cup\u2019 was the second most trending keyword of 2014 (as specified by Google Trends).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7-2.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14224 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7-2.png?resize=530%2C217&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"trending in 2014\" width=\"530\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7-2.png?resize=1024%2C419&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7-2.png?resize=300%2C123&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7-2.png?resize=768%2C314&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/7-2.png?w=1220&amp;ssl=1 1220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Source: Google Trends<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, in 2018, \u2018World Cup\u2019 became the most searched query.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/8-2.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14225 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/8-2.png?resize=531%2C215&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"trending in 2018\" width=\"531\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/8-2.png?resize=1024%2C414&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/8-2.png?resize=300%2C121&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/8-2.png?resize=768%2C311&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/8-2.png?w=1191&amp;ssl=1 1191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Source: Google Trends<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, to improve your SERP rankings, you must keep updating your keyword database and optimize your content with the latest keywords.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are numerous <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rankwatch.com\/7-keyword-research-online-tools-content-marketing\/\">keyword research tools<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> available on the internet that can help you refresh your keyword database.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Revisit SEO meta data and refresh the content<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After updating your keyword database with the latest keywords, you should optimize your content and SEO meta data with the primary keywords. Also, you must rewrite their content with a fresh perspective and refine the information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All the components of meta data which needs revisiting include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Title tag<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heading tags (H1, H2, H3,&#8230;H6)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta Description<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alt tags<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>IMPORTANT.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> When updating the SEO metadata, remember not to change the URL structure. If you do, then all your inbound links will return the error code 404 (page does not exist) to both the users and the crawlers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Revise EVERYTHING!<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You must proofread everything. Go through all the pages on your website and revise everything so that the errors related to spelling, typos, etc. are all resolved. These errors have a slight effect on your SERP rankings. However, repairing them can help your content rank better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other than the spelling errors and typos, here are the other things you should focus on when proofreading your content:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check that all the links are placed relevantly with appropriate anchor texts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure that the keyword placement is organic (i.e. it is not stuffed but placed according to their relevance) in the content body and the SEO metadata.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find out the keyword density of the article. Remember to keep it between 1 to 3 for optimum optimization.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The SEO metadata has to be checked too. Make sure that you\u2019ve structured your content with appropriate heading tags, alt tags, title tags, meta description, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, make sure that enough images are used in the post for optimum engagement.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Step II: Recycle<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s what you can do with the old blogs that still have the potential for improving your SERP performance but with a different approach.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Turn them into infographics<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the best ways to recycle your old content is to turn them into infographics. There are two reasons to do so:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infographics are the best of both worlds. They present data in both textual and visual format.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are shared <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/marketing\/visual-content-marketing-strategy#sm.0001xqvibtu41co8usl2r830k3y4s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>3X<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> more times on social media than any other form of content.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, when you are converting your old blogs to infographics, you must keep these things in mind:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concise your blog into valuable pointers that are quick to grasp and understand.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prepare an attractive layout with graphs, images, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose easy-to-read fonts. Use a maximum of 3 font types.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stick to your chosen colour scheme.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share it as much as you can on platforms like Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide all the sources to your data.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember to keep textual data to a minimum. Express more through visuals. It can take some time to ideate and prepare attractive infographics so you can use tools like <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/en_in\/\">Canva<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to make impressive infographics.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>How about using them for videos and podcasts?<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the years, the popularity of videos and podcasts has increased.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we were to focus on the stats, you would find that <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiteboardanimation.com\/blog\/the-9-key-advantages-to-video-advertising\">4 Billion videos<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are streamed on YouTube every day, and 92% of B2B prospects consume videos online. Also, a <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cisco.com\/c\/en\/us\/solutions\/collateral\/service-provider\/visual-networking-index-vni\/white-paper-c11-741490.html\">study by Cisco<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> predicted that by 2021, videos would account for 82% of all consumer traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coming to Podcasts. There are over <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.podcastinsights.com\/podcast-statistics\/\">750,000 <\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">podcasts and more than 35 million episodes (as of June 2019). Also, 80% of people listen to all or most of each podcast episode and an average of 7 shows per week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The theme for your videos and podcasts can be based out of your old blogs. You can also add links of your updated old blogs to your related videos and podcasts.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Turn them into ebooks<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have several old posts that cover the same topic, you can utilize that content, update it, and create an ebook.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, if you have three separate articles on email marketing, like:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Making the most out of dynamic email marketing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 practical ways to boost conversions using email marketing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to skyrocket your traffic using email marketing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can compile them in an ebook entitled \u201cAn All-inclusive Guide to Email Marketing\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Step III: Promote<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final and the most crucial step: Promotion. You may update and recycle your old posts, but if you are not promoting it, then what are all your efforts worth?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, here are some of the most popular ways that you can put into practice and boost the traffic driven to your old blogs while helping them improve their rankings.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Feature them in your newsletters<\/h4>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.disqus.com\/why-people-subscribe-to-email-newsletters\">72%<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of people subscribe to newsletters because they want to learn more and keep themselves updated about topics that interest them from your domain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By subscribing to your newsletters, users permit you to send them emails with more interesting blogs to read. This \u2018permission\u2019 increases the probability of recipients clicking on the featured blogs and interacting with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, you can include links to your old blogs along with the news ones to our newsletters and boost their traffic and engagement.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Internally link your latest and old blogs<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once your old posts are updated, hyperlink them to the blogs published recently on your domain. Linking your latest blogs to the old ones makes it convenient for the crawlers to discover it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, when you are internally linking the two posts, remember to optimize the anchor texts. Hyperlinking \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">click here<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 to direct crawlers to another page is not considered optimum optimization. So, instead of \u2018click here\u2019 you must use anchor text which is relevant to the linked blog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, here, the anchor text \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">various keyword research tools<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 from an article on <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/how-to-research-for-a-blog-post\/\">researching for a blog post<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directs users and crawlers to a blog entitled: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7 Keyword Research Tools For Content Marketing.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/9.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14226\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/9.png?resize=640%2C147&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/9.png?w=907&amp;ssl=1 907w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/9.png?resize=300%2C69&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/9.png?resize=768%2C177&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/how-to-research-for-a-blog-post\/\">Source<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/10.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14227 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/10.png?resize=640%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Keyword Research Tools for Marketing\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/10.png?w=963&amp;ssl=1 963w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/10.png?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/10.png?resize=768%2C578&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/7-keyword-research-online-tools-content-marketing\/\">Source<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Link them to your guest blogs<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Link building is an SEO strategy that never rests. Websites consistently build links to improve their SERP performance and rankings. And when we talk about link building, guest blogging is the first way that comes to mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You must be reaching out to grab as many guest posting opportunities as possible from high authority domains. So, every chance you get, remember to link your old posts to the guest blogs. This is an efficient way of promoting your old post because:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reach increases.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More people will engage and interact with the post.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crawlers will be directed to your old post more often.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another powerful way of building links is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/learning\/content\/does-blog-commenting-play-vital-role-seo\">blog and forum commenting<\/a>.<\/strong> In this process, you can include links to your old post in the comments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, before adding the links, you must check the guidelines to see whether the website allows adding links or not. Because if it doesn\u2019t, there\u2019s a strong chance that you\u2019ll be marked as spam.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Extensive sharing on social media<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One can never forget about social media sharing because it is an immovable part of online marketing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you are done with updating and converting your old posts into valuable ones based on the needs of the current audience, you should promote it extensively on social media. You must study the analytics of each social media handle and publish the posts when the relevant audience for your content is mostly active.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you publish the post at the right time, you can improve its engagement rate; plus, it can receive more shares.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dealing with your old blogs is a time-consuming process. It requires a lot of focus and optimum implementation of the strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once they&#8217;ve been applied effectively, you will find a sudden spike in your organic and referral traffic. However, it will take two to three months before you could notice the improvement in your SERP performance. These strategies can work well for all the websites, whether they operate on a CMS or not.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&#8217;s the last piece of advice that I&#8217;d like to give to you: While you are revisiting the old posts, check the comments and remove the spammy ones. It is essential because the search engine bots crawl over the comments as well before while they are indexing the page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After reading this detailed guide to dealing with your old blog posts, do you have any query? If you do, mention them in the comments below. 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