INTERNET MINISTRY - WHEN'S THE BEST TIME TO PUBLISH A BLOG

This came to me via Glenn Smith of NEW CHURCH INITIATIVES. It's a blog post by Dan Zarrella called "When's the Best Time to Publish a Blog?" For those of us who use blogging as a means of outreach and dialogue with our community, it has some helpful thoughts.  Here are just a few, - Steve

First, while major news sites and blogs publish articles during the work week, articles that are published on Saturday and Sunday tend to be shared on Facebook more than those published during the week. Perhaps one reason for this is that (as Wired reported), more than 50% of American companies block Facebook at work ...

The best timing advice, however, may actually be around frequency. Last week, I analyzed 1000 of the most popular blogs on the web, according to Technorati. I compared their posting frequency with the number of incoming links and visitors they had attracted (according to Yahoo and Compete). I found that among very popular blogs, publishing multiple times per day led to a huge increase in a blog’s success. This tells us that rather than focusing one perfect day or time, we should aim to publish at many times, and on many days ....

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