Ok, so saying “no news is good news” is a lousy cop out for neglecting the posts on this blog.
The truth is that I have been spending more time on my seo blog.
Recruitment News had a nice Christmas. Hope you did too.
In fairness though, there has not been a lot of news in recruitment over Christmas. Another agency (which I had never heard of before) bit the dust. There is some more news, but I’m saving it for later when I have a bit more time to write. I’ll try and get around to it this evening.
I have also conducted a small experiment in blogging. I’m sure you are all aware that it is necessary to keep blogging regularly in order to keep your blog at the top of the pile.
Well I decided to see just how often you need to blog, and how long it takes to regain lost places in the Google rankings. It turns out that a newish blog like the SEO one lasts only about a week before slipping at least 4 places. A more established blog will fare better. It will still slip, but not as much or as fast.
It took me three posts on three successive days to regain my position.
The moral of the story…. my new years resolution is to blog daily. I may not blog on every blog every day, but I won’t be leaving it for more than a few days between posts.
I have noticed during my surfing that many of you have corporate blogs. Some of them have not been updated in months. Why is that? I’m not going to spend more than five minutes on this one. Plus, once you get into the habit it gets easier. Nominate somebody (or some people) to write your blog. Schedule it. Mary blogs on Mondays, Trevor on Tuesday, Charlene on Wednesdays etc. Remember too that if you are using wordpress you do not have to publish the post straight away. Sometimes, if I get into the swing of writing, I write several and only publish one on the day. The rest I keep for another day.
As you will have seen from this and many other blogs, you do not have to stay on-topic all the time. This post has very little to do with Recruitment News, but you will notice that I still managed to mention it!
I’ll be mentioning blogging in my next post too. Here’s another blogging tip. If you write several posts on the same/similar topics in succession, they tend to do better in the Google ranking stakes.
Happy new year to you all and happy blogging.
P.s. I am always looking for Recruitment News. If you work for an agency and have any news (however small it may be) I have no problem plugging it here if I think it may be even vaguely interesting
