Comments on: Should I Date My Blog? http://dmiracle.com/better-your-site/should-i-date-my-blog/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=should-i-date-my-blog Just another WordPress site Wed, 16 May 2012 01:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: online dating http://dmiracle.com/better-your-site/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4211 online dating Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:09:04 +0000 http://dmiracle.com/conversation/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4211 Why not trying to publish it undated while keeping the date hidden for yourself. Why not trying to publish it undated while keeping the date hidden for yourself.

]]> By: Dawud Miracle http://dmiracle.com/better-your-site/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4210 Dawud Miracle Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:52:47 +0000 http://dmiracle.com/conversation/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4210 <strong>JoLynn,</strong> I removed the date in the URL from the beginning so there was no issue from the URL point of view. Since you're using WordPress, try this <a href="http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/redirection/" rel="nofollow">redirection plugin</a> to manage your URL redirects. JoLynn,
I removed the date in the URL from the beginning so there was no issue from the URL point of view.

Since you’re using WordPress, try this redirection plugin to manage your URL redirects.

]]> By: JoLynn Braley @ The Fit Shack http://dmiracle.com/better-your-site/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4209 JoLynn Braley @ The Fit Shack Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:00:17 +0000 http://dmiracle.com/conversation/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4209 Hi Dawd, so you're leaving the date out of the url but putting in on your post, right? I'll have to see if that would work for me, too. And then you set up 301 redirects for your previously dated urls? Did that affect your traffic at all or did all go smoothly? Thanks very much! Hi Dawd, so you’re leaving the date out of the url but putting in on your post, right? I’ll have to see if that would work for me, too. And then you set up 301 redirects for your previously dated urls? Did that affect your traffic at all or did all go smoothly?

Thanks very much!

]]> By: Dawud Miracle http://dmiracle.com/better-your-site/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4208 Dawud Miracle Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:51:26 +0000 http://dmiracle.com/conversation/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4208 <strong>JoLynn,</strong> I try to make all my content timeless now, so the date doesn't matter so much. Yet I continue to date my content because I want people to have that as a reference point when they read a post. JoLynn,
I try to make all my content timeless now, so the date doesn’t matter so much. Yet I continue to date my content because I want people to have that as a reference point when they read a post.

]]> By: JoLynn Braley @ The Fit Shack http://dmiracle.com/better-your-site/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4207 JoLynn Braley @ The Fit Shack Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:49:10 +0000 http://dmiracle.com/conversation/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4207 P.S. LOL, isn't this the perfect example...I found your post through SU and now I see that it was written 7/2007! I didn't notice the date on it when I first came to the page and thought it was a current post. I'd still like to hear your thoughts though, and what is the current stance on permalinks. P.S. LOL, isn’t this the perfect example…I found your post through SU and now I see that it was written 7/2007! I didn’t notice the date on it when I first came to the page and thought it was a current post. I’d still like to hear your thoughts though, and what is the current stance on permalinks.

]]> By: JoLynn Braley @ The Fit Shack http://dmiracle.com/better-your-site/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4206 JoLynn Braley @ The Fit Shack Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:43:54 +0000 http://dmiracle.com/conversation/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4206 I think that it all depends on the topic - if you're writing about SEO which I see you've mentioned here, then the dates should remain - things change too fast in the world of tech and those dates matter. Would you want to get advice from a blogger writing about Wordpress and not realize you're reading something that is about WP 5 versions back or is 2 years old? One thing I'm confused about though, is I just read a post with a quote from Matt Cutts saying that he thinks the dates should be removed From the URL - http://hackwordpress.com/how-to-setting-up-your-wordpress-permalink-structure/ This post was written 4/2008 but Matt's quote is from 7/2007.....and the post you linked to from Matt himself sounds like he's talking about date stamping the post but he's not talking about the URL structure. Maybe I'm missing something here but what I'm mainly concerned about is the URL because Google is concerned with it, and I'm getting that Matt says to leave the date out of the URL but to put a date stamp on your posts. That would be a viable option for time sensitive blogs, what do you think? I think that it all depends on the topic – if you’re writing about SEO which I see you’ve mentioned here, then the dates should remain – things change too fast in the world of tech and those dates matter. Would you want to get advice from a blogger writing about WordPress and not realize you’re reading something that is about WP 5 versions back or is 2 years old?

One thing I’m confused about though, is I just read a post with a quote from Matt Cutts saying that he thinks the dates should be removed From the URL – http://hackwordpress.com/how-to-setting-up-your-wordpress-permalink-structure/

This post was written 4/2008 but Matt’s quote is from 7/2007…..and the post you linked to from Matt himself sounds like he’s talking about date stamping the post but he’s not talking about the URL structure.

Maybe I’m missing something here but what I’m mainly concerned about is the URL because Google is concerned with it, and I’m getting that Matt says to leave the date out of the URL but to put a date stamp on your posts.

That would be a viable option for time sensitive blogs, what do you think?

]]> By: Jenny http://dmiracle.com/better-your-site/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4205 Jenny Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:02:54 +0000 http://dmiracle.com/conversation/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4205 I'm kinda lost on this...But I'll read it over again and then figure it out. :D I’m kinda lost on this…But I’ll read it over again and then figure it out. :D

]]> By: Jens P. Berget http://dmiracle.com/better-your-site/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4204 Jens P. Berget Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:43:21 +0000 http://dmiracle.com/conversation/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4204 I really think you should keep the date on your blogposts. I did some research lately for an article about Lego Bionicle masks, and I found a few blogposts. They were posted in 2001. If there were no dates on them, I might have thought that they were brand new (or maybe not). They only thing I relate to a date of a blogpost is information about when the post was published. I really think you should keep the date on your blogposts.

I did some research lately for an article about Lego Bionicle masks, and I found a few blogposts. They were posted in 2001.

If there were no dates on them, I might have thought that they were brand new (or maybe not). They only thing I relate to a date of a blogpost is information about when the post was published.

]]> By: Sephy's Platzish http://dmiracle.com/better-your-site/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4203 Sephy's Platzish Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:17:54 +0000 http://dmiracle.com/conversation/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4203 <strong>This was the Week that Was, Vol. 7...</strong> It's Monday, so it's time to wrap up the week in blogging. :)Posts I liked - You may have missed this if you don't follow my comments, but Cugat posted a link to an article by Michael Pollan, about wh...... This was the Week that Was, Vol. 7…

It’s Monday, so it’s time to wrap up the week in blogging. :) Posts I liked – You may have missed this if you don’t follow my comments, but Cugat posted a link to an article by Michael Pollan, about wh……

]]> By: Dawud Miracle http://dmiracle.com/better-your-site/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4202 Dawud Miracle Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:04:38 +0000 http://dmiracle.com/conversation/should-i-date-my-blog/#comment-4202 <strong>Lorelle,</strong> It seems like the 'issue' comes in how attached we are to the blog structure. For a while, blogs were dated journals. Now, however, they're certainly evolving beyond that. I think the best approach with dating your blog is to do what you feel is right for your reader's needs as well as your own. Maki isn't wrong for not using dates. And Chris isn't right for using them. It's got to be up to each individual to decide. That's why I think this has been a great conversation - because we're hearing from all sides. I'm totally for dating posts as this point with still one sticking point. As you so clearly wrote: <blockquote>Never give your readers a chance to dismiss your content out of hand just because they see the date and think it’s old before they even read it. They might be missing the answer to the question they’ve been seeking desperately.</blockquote> For me, I need to think this out a little bit more. Much of my content isn't date-dependent so I'd certainly love readers to gain from it as it ages. Yet I want to date my posts that are new and fresh. Perhaps there's a plugin that removes post dates after a time??? Lorelle,
It seems like the ‘issue’ comes in how attached we are to the blog structure. For a while, blogs were dated journals. Now, however, they’re certainly evolving beyond that.

I think the best approach with dating your blog is to do what you feel is right for your reader’s needs as well as your own. Maki isn’t wrong for not using dates. And Chris isn’t right for using them. It’s got to be up to each individual to decide. That’s why I think this has been a great conversation – because we’re hearing from all sides.

I’m totally for dating posts as this point with still one sticking point. As you so clearly wrote:

Never give your readers a chance to dismiss your content out of hand just because they see the date and think it’s old before they even read it. They might be missing the answer to the question they’ve been seeking desperately.

For me, I need to think this out a little bit more. Much of my content isn’t date-dependent so I’d certainly love readers to gain from it as it ages. Yet I want to date my posts that are new and fresh. Perhaps there’s a plugin that removes post dates after a time???

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