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(Entry was posted by Tim Capper on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 10/31/2013).

Would you create a daily post each day or use a summary page?

Hi Chaps.

Which way would you handle this type of daily info.

Currently every day is added to the original under 1 article.

EG :  http://goo.gl/nCEDuU

Or would you go for creating a daily post each day.

Ie  Equity Indices 1st Sept 2013
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  • Tim Capper: Hi Chaps.

    Which way would you handle this type of daily info.

    Currently every day is added to the original under 1 article.

    EG : ; http://goo.gl/nCEDuU

    Or would you go for creating a daily post each day.

    Ie  ;Equity Indices 1st Sept 2013
  • Simon Fryer: Hi +Tim Capper  ;There certainly isn't a right or wrong way to do it. For this kind of information (which I assume is quite valuable to users) I'd be tempted to keep it in one post. That way all the content is contained in one URL, so gaining links for some of the information is going to help exposure for the rest of it. Overall this content will become more valuable (and perform better) than if it were split into separate posts/URLs. ;

    For example, ; http://moz.com/google-algorithm-change is the most authoritative information on algo updates. If it were split up according to date I suspect it wouldn't perform as well. ;

    As ever, this is just my opinion, but I think I'm on the money here. ;
  • Simon Fryer: I think the only reason to split it would be if the articles are in depth or unrelated, and it's needed for readability purposes. ;
  • Tim Capper: Thanks +Simon Fryer  ;

    What i had suspected - daily would also become messy.
  • Simon Fryer: Yeah I think so too. ;No worries :)
  • Jim Munro: I am not disagreeing with any of the above, I think it is all good advice but I'd like to throw in an alternative viewpoint, just in case it turns out to be useful.


    I think each item could link to a detail page to give each item a better chance to rank while it is fresh. Maybe you could could manage the messy proliferation of pages by using the Unavailable After Meta Tag set at 30 days after publish date. This would let stale pages seamlessly drop out of the index each day to leave room for new pages coming in but they would still exist for research and still contribute to your internal linking even though they are not in the index.

    I'm not trying to say that this would be a smart thing to do, just offering an alternative to consider. :)
  • Tim Capper: Worth thinking about +Jim Munro  ;as ever.

    Would correct pagination rel = next and prev not have the same affect as it builds - as in page 1, 2, 3 and so on. ?
  • Jim Munro: I am not sure Tim.

    Everything I've read lately and also from a little activity on some of my own sites makes me think that pagination might be like a kiss of death. The first pages seem to do OK but the subsequent pages appear to wither and fade into obscurity.

    Others may have more experience and different opinions but as soon as we get some spare time I am going to try and figure out how perpetual scrolling works. (back to square one :) )

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