tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post6689349411037873302..comments2024-03-27T21:10:10.606-07:00Comments on eLearning Technology: Blog Post Updates - Effective Pattern?Tony Karrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-6768046321269360392009-04-28T20:10:00.000-07:002009-04-28T20:10:00.000-07:00As I continue learning about the topic, I just upd...As I continue learning about the topic, I just update the post if the new information doesn't deserve its own new blog postemapeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16736150213901187508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-13868166225882536972009-04-24T09:29:00.000-07:002009-04-24T09:29:00.000-07:00I add the update info in to the first post and the...I add the update info in to the first post and then set its publish date to the day of the update, moving that post to the top of the list. I have thought about changing the title slightly by adding "Updated" or something.Travis Smithhttp://engagedtraining.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-83739016728302348312009-04-23T10:07:00.000-07:002009-04-23T10:07:00.000-07:00Tony, you're the internal-linking-est guy I know, ...Tony, you're the internal-linking-est guy I know, so this is a much bigger problem for you than it is for me.<br /><br />What I do when I have an update to an old post: I update it.<br /><br />That's it. <br /><br />If I said last November that house prices would rise, and they didn't, I feel no need to travel back through time and make myself look smart. I might correct a true error, but not unless it came to my attention.<br /><br />I rarely think anything I post is sufficiently valuable that someone's life will be less rich for having missed it. Even more true for something I posted two weeks, two months, or two years ago.<br /><br />You must have some data about what people view and where they go after viewing page X. Does it support what your gut (a highly unreliable organ, in my expertience) suggests?<br /><br />There's also perspective. If you have a "top 20" for the quarter, that means nearly one post in three is in the top. That trend will result in over half of them ending up in the 90th percentile.Dave Fergusonhttp://www.daveswhiteboard.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-5799505905069059962009-04-23T09:56:00.000-07:002009-04-23T09:56:00.000-07:00Well, since I'm newer to this, I have not thought ...Well, since I'm newer to this, I have not thought about this too deeply. If I update a post in a minor way, then I simply update it and publish it as is. If the update is a major change to the post, then I create a new post noting that its a continuation or referencing the prior post through a link of some sort. I probably just don't have enough traffic to make this confusing for me just yet :-).Robert Kennedyhttp://www.robertkennedy3.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-59331578214126968452009-04-23T07:22:00.000-07:002009-04-23T07:22:00.000-07:00bclark - If I change the date and time, I'm assumi...bclark - If I change the date and time, I'm assuming the permalink doesn't change? And it somehow reappears in the RSS? I may have to test it.<br /><br />Nick and David - I believe you came out on different ends of this.<br /><br />Now I'm even more confused.Tony Karrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408035995182843336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-69807879398857623042009-04-23T00:51:00.000-07:002009-04-23T00:51:00.000-07:00I would be inclined to post the 'update' or 'new' ...I would be inclined to post the 'update' or 'new' information to a new blog entry with strong references to the original post, then go back to the original post and either update the entry with link to new information/entry and/or put the update as a comment (then stop further comments to that particular entry).<br /><br />Always a difficult one to work out, and it gets difficult to find post updates on someone else's blog as we will all do it differently.David Hopkinshttp://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-91479403344832644712009-04-22T16:15:00.000-07:002009-04-22T16:15:00.000-07:00The choice for me me simple because the main blog ...The choice for me me simple because the main blog i keep only has limited visibility inside the organisation so SEO isn't an issue with anyone visiting the info doing so either by referal or Rss. Hence I'd update the original to have a 'definitive source' for myself/anyone and a quick new post linking back to the older post. <br /><br />Perhaps the issue is how search engines do their optimization and if people didn't 'play games' trying to manipulate the results, then the way they do the optimization would end up evolving more intelligently. Instead we see the emergence of unexpected consequences through feedback loops between content creators and search engine designers which doesn't actually benefit anyone. In this case I suggest the ideal would be the circumstance when you could ignore SEO and just 'do the right thing', which would also be best for people searching in future, easy enough for current subscribers too (your worry they might not follow the link if it doesn't seem interesting enough for them is just discretion and benefits them too). <br /><br />So from a position of not having the same headache, I'd say do what you think is right from an information management perspective (single source) :-)Nick Sharratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12838179138437644320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055982.post-65653970299801787882009-04-22T07:46:00.000-07:002009-04-22T07:46:00.000-07:00I add the update info in to the first post and the...I add the update info in to the first post and then set its publish date to the day of the update, moving that post to the top of the list.<br /><br />not sure if it is any better/worse than any other thing but it is the first post, acting like a new one.bclarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12322839687496033884noreply@blogger.com