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SEARCHLOVE - SAN DIEGO 2019
WHY, WHEN, AND HOW
YOU SHOULD UPDATE YOUR CONTENT
Raffaele Asquer,
Golden Hippo Media
linkedin.com/in/raffasquer
twitter.com/raffasquer
https://www.slideshare.net/RaffaeleAsquer
Eternal life, anyone?
Eternal life *
* "eternal" search traffic to your blog posts, that is.
Andrew Tate, "The Science Behind 100,000-View Blog Posts"
Andrew Tate, "The Science Behind 100,000-View Blog Posts"
- 60%
Andrew Tate, "The Science Behind 100,000-View Blog Posts"
Can you avoid this?
WORDS OF INSPIRATION
THE PROBLEM
LARGE TRAVEL SITE
D E C L I N I N G S E A R C H T R A F F I C
didn't move the needle
S I T E S P E E D
O P T I M I Z A T I O N
I N T E R N A L
L I N K I N G
( V I A F O O T E R )
...why are we like this?
But wait...
2015
2016
2014
...when everybody else is like...
CONTENT UPDATE PROJECT
30 articles,
including top articles by organic traffic
THE SOLUTION
3 CHALLENGES -> 3 STEPS
when to update
Part II
how to updatewhen to update
Part I
Challenge
" T H E P A T H O F G O D "
(although in the movie this was actually challenge #3)
These articles are doing OK...
Why are we risking it?
T H E U P P E R M A N A G E M E N T
Missed
opportunities
When to update - Part I
First, identify high-potential articles
with declining organic traffic
A) DECLINING TRAFFIC
compare past 12/24 months with previous 12/24 months
totalorganicentrances
B) POTENTIAL TRAFFIC
estimate traffic from keywords ranking on page 1-2
B) POTENTIAL TRAFFIC
keep an eye on organic CTR!
No conversion Conversion
C) POTENTIAL REVENUE
Bonus points for high-converting articles
When to update - Part I
Challenge
" T H E B R E A T H O F G O D "
Why don't we just change
the timestamps?
T H E T E C H T E A M
What about adding "in 2019"
to the title tags?
T H E T E C H T E A M
Cyrus Shepard, "10 Illustrations of How Fresh Content May Influence Google Rankings"
https://moz.com/blog/google-fresh-factor-new
When to update - Part II
Analyze SERPs - present and past - to
identify articles worth updating...
When to update - Part II
...and discover how competitors
have updated theirs
When to update - Part II
~200
high-potential articles,
declining traffic
may benefit from content update
30
A) DO MOST
COMPETITORS HAVE
FRESH CONTENT?
look at current SERPs
competitor
you
CONTENT FRESHNESS
SEEMS TO MATTER...
SOMETIMES
NOT REALLY
[best los angeles clubs]
CONTENT FRESHNESS
MATTERS
ONLY SOMETIMES
[how to change
twitter handle]
Method #1 : download HTML files of
your SERPs with STAT APICredit: Dominic Woodman
HOW TO CHECK
DATES ON
SERP QUICKLY
HOW TO CHECK
DATES ON
SERP QUICKLY
Method #1 : scrape HTML with Python
Method #2 : crawl a list of URLs such as
e.g. with Screaming Frog
https://www.google.com/search?q=bars+in+berlin
https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+change+tire
https://www.google.com/search?q=movies+near+me
HOW TO CHECK
DATES ON
SERP QUICKLY
Method #2 : then pull the dates with custom extraction
https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/web-scraping/
HOW TO CHECK
DATES ON
SERP QUICKLY
HOW TO CHECK
DATES ON
SERP QUICKLY
Method #3
GLEN ALLSOPP, "SEO SECRET #4: ADVANCED
KEYWORD RESEARCH CASE STUDY"
https://detailed.com/secret-keyword-research/
When to update - Part II
When to update - Part II
B) HAVE COMPETITORS
UPDATED THEIR CONTENT?
become a SERP archeologist
today's SERP
6 months ago
2 years ago
1 year ago
the SERP archeologist's tool kit
A h r e f s
the SERP archeologist's tool kit
S T A T
who's always been on top ?
the SERP archeologist's tool kit
W a y b a c k M a c h i n e
have they updated it?
When to update - Part II
When to update - Part II
When to update - Part II
DO YOUR COMPETITORS
UPDATE THEIR CONTENT?
UPDATE THAT ARTICLE!
When to update - Part II
~200 30
Challenge
" T H E W O R D O F G O D "
We are busy writing new articles...
But we'll get to it
T H E E D I T O R I A L T E A M
Getting writers on board
PICK YOUR
BATTLES
few, high-potential articles
Getting writers on board
PICK YOUR
BATTLES
few, high-potential articles
MAKE THEIR
LIFE EASY
clear guidelines
How to update
25% - 33% NEW CONTENT
0 10 20 30 40
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
Item 4
How to update
NEW, SEO-REVIEWED INTRO
How to update
INTERNAL LINKS TO RECENT, RELATED CONTENT
AND THEN WHAT?
25-60%
RESULTS
+1% +86% +45%
Andrew Tate, "The Science Behind 100,000-View Blog Posts"
Remember this?
Jimmy Daly, "How to Win Traffic by Refreshing Old Content"
Don't let your content die too quickly!
linkedin.com/in/raffasquertwitter.com/raffasquer
Thank you!
available at
https://www.slideshare.net/RaffaeleAsquer

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Why, When, and How You Should Update Your Content (Raffaele Asquer, SearchLove San Diego 2019)