What's the most content you've published in a single month?

[contract]

(either writen yourself or outsourced).

Curious...

 

[Michael]

Here's a follow up question to the people that have put out over 500 in a month...

Why did you pump it all out in one month, rather than drip feed it out?

 

[Prentzz]

Here's a follow up question to the people that have put out over 500 in a month...

Why did you pump it all out in one month, rather than drip feed it out?

Who's to say they don't do 500 every month? I consulted for a short while with a company who posted 20+ posts everyday.

 

[Ryuzaki]

The most I've been able to pull off is 30-45 in one month, but that includes a mix of long posts of 5000+ words with tons of custom photoshopping, affiliate link setup, OBL hunting, etc.

I think if I stuck to basic blog posts, I could hit 75+, but even then the problem is finding worthwhile stuff to write about that doesn't deserve becoming a longer one.

Even with outsourcing I can't move much faster due to editing the content and the photoshop work. One of these days I'll train an editor and a writer to work together to my expectations to a T. They could pump out one or two a day on this particular site I'm talking about. If it was an CPC / CPM model, I think 5 a day would be easily doable by myself, and 20+ like Prentzz says too.

I've had months with database sites where I've hit "go" and had tons of posts published in one shot, but that's not really what we're talking about I don't think.

 

[Samwise89]

Who's to say they don't do 500 every month? I consulted for a short while with a company who posted 20+ posts everyday.

Did Google seem to eat it all up and index it? I saw a site that I noticed was pumping out around 80 posts a day of celebrity gossip and "net worth" type of stuff. I didn't check indexation but I wondered, it was definitely an SEO play.

 

[Prentzz]

Did Google seem to eat it all up and index it? I saw a site that I noticed was pumping out around 80 posts a day of celebrity gossip and "net worth" type of stuff. I didn't check indexation but I wondered, it was definitely an SEO play.

Not everything got indexed and older posts got de-indexed. These were generally 200-word posts that weren't designed to get traffic from search engines. Google doesn't want to index content that very few people will ever end up seeing or clicking in a SERP, it's a waste of their data space

 

[darkzerothree]

up to 200 pieces, but that was a whole team working on it.

 

[turbin3]

Here's a follow up question to the people that have put out over 500 in a month...

Why did you pump it all out in one month, rather than drip feed it out?

Several million words across tens of thousands of pages.
To clarify, that is data-driven content, created in a programmatic manner, based on large data sets.​

The why was merely a matter of efficiency and timeliness.​

Otherwise: I'd be doomed to drip feed until the sun explodes.​

Now, I mention this cautiously, as this particular case may not be the typical reality of the average Builder. In mine, it was typical and accepted behavior among respected brands, and the ROI delivered.

What we're really talking about is creating internal economies of scale. People need to ask themselves:

• Is this even possible? (Time vs Energy vs Resources)
• Is it advisable for my niche (What's the ROI)?
• Are the competitors doing it? Is it working?
• If not, why do you think you should?

I'm not saying the answer is "NO". I'm merely saying, you need to ask yourself the questions, do the research in your niche, and find those answers for yourself. The reality today is, these things differ widely between niche, industry, site type (Big Brand vs little blogger), and even down to the keyword or keyword grouping level. These days, the "best practice" is that there is no one-size-fits-all best practice.

Many businesses and individuals have accomplished great success with small volumes of content.
Consider this wisdom from CCarter on the matter of quantity or quality of content production.

Trying To Be The Outlier

Oh sure, this sounds great. After all, match and exceed, right? Exceeding the competition is great, but don't think that means you always need to take it to it's logical extreme. The real question is:

What is the standard, accepted, normal behavior in your niche?

You might also ask yourself, is it really volume you need, or is it depth? In some cases, maybe just having a bit more depth combined with a more creative presentation may help you edge out the competition. If your research shows that production volume isn't a big driver in your niche, then you'll probably want to focus on depth of the content you do produce.

Consider that from a search standpoint, behavioral models are developed and tracked, much of the time for the purposes of stability in the SERPs. This just makes sense. If you think of it in this way, sometimes being the outlier may not be such a great thing... Better to stay among the crowd at the front of the pack, and strategically position yourself to overtake. Maybe it's with depth of content, creative presentation, expert-level outreach, or whatever.

Now, consider this. Imagine spending weeks, maybe even 1 or more months working on ONE post. This is more difficult for most of us. Volume is easier and more appealing from a behavioral standpoint, because we're usually only dealing with each piece at a surface level. Depth requires dedication, focus, and self-restraint. I suffer from this myself, so don't think I'm passing judgment either. That being said, I think you might be surprised what you can accomplish with that extra time.

 

[GNews]

For me, I did about 320 pages on a news site.

What i Found, google wasn't even really as relevant for me ....at first....

First, I got tons of traffic from Reddit and FB............. major sites use Reddit as a new source now and once i topped reddit, they linked back to my site and picked up rank in search.....

OR the reddit post got indexed somehow.

My main site, got rank but not individual pages really.

 

[Philip J. Fry]

I publish 900,000 words/month.

 

[yuckystuff]

I publish 900,000 words/month.

Are you using something like WordAI to do that, or outsourcing?