Keeping your website active and alive
Whether you have a blog, corporate website or ecommerce store, keeping your website’s content updated and fresh on a regular basis is not an easy job to do. On the other hand, the benefits of doing so – especially the long term benefits are well worth the effort.
- It’s good for SEO – Search engines love content and especially new and unique content. They like to have long quality posts in their index to satisfy their users. A website that is updated regularly is crawled more often, has more pages in the search index and more possibilities to boost SEO by applying internal linking best practices.
- It’s good for social media – If you are using social media marketing to promote your website, you know that one of the most critical success factors is the content you post on your social media pages. Many times the problem that destroys your effort is lack of content. Having a website that is updated frequently will also give you fuel for your social media promotions.
- It’s good for your users – Websites are meant to serve users and giving users fresh content makes them happier. A happy user will most probably come back, convert, register, buy or recommend your website to other people.
- It’s a signal that your website or business is active and alive – Imagine visiting 2 identical websites selling the same product at the same price but one of them has an updated blog, support forum or news section. Other things being equal, which one would you trust? The one that has updated content gives you the feeling that it is still in operation, active and that they care about their customers. The same is true when you visit a product support forum. If the last update done on the forum was 2 years ago, would you trust that company and buy their product knowing that their support is non-existent?
“ You don't need to update your website every day, but you should post based on questions your customers might have or problems they may be trying to solve, issues that your business can address - driven calendar (monthly is fine; weekly is better) giving you greater opportunities for visibility.
But don't create content just for the sake of having new content. It's useful content that absolutely leads to more customers. You can always ask a couple of your customers to help you figure out the difference. ”
All of our websites are built on top of our powerful Content Management System and delivered with accompanying documents and training. Ensure that you take advantage of all these tools and resources to keep your website active. If you ever feel short on time and human resource, we can lend you a helping hand. Nilead Website Management Service can help you to post and manage the content efficiently and promptly. Our services content management, graphic design, images re-touch and much more to help you keep your website fresh and alive.
about the author
Ivan Lamothe
Ivan Lamothe is a website and graphic designer, coming from a film making and visual arts background from the Fine Arts Academy “San Alejandro”, takes great pride in the work he delivers and always strives to create great experiences and real connections through the filter of design. As NILEAD´s Art Director and Project Manager Ivan is involved in the entire process of creating a website, from the first meeting with the customers and incubating the initial concepts to the entire design process, development and launch.