Comments on: The Benefits of Writing a Pillar Post http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/ Tips on blogging, making money online, and everything else. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:05:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mr. Payday http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-46573 Mr. Payday Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:46:12 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-46573 Pillar posts can take a long time to write, but they do pay off. I've also found that you can generate a lot of shorter posts that go into more detail on various aspects of a longer article. They key is quality over quantity. And thanks for the links to some example posts! <em>Mr. Payday's last blog post..<a href='http://faxlesspaydayloansdirect.com/faxless-payday-loan-options/faxless-online-payday-loan-options/' rel="nofollow">Faxless Online Payday Loan Options</a></em> Pillar posts can take a long time to write, but they do pay off. I’ve also found that you can generate a lot of shorter posts that go into more detail on various aspects of a longer article. They key is quality over quantity. And thanks for the links to some example posts!

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]]> By: Woody http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-43577 Woody Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:11:36 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-43577 Thanks for this post it is something I never thought of before. Now I have to get cracking and come up with a pillar post. <em>Woody's last blog post..<a href='http://www.labretriever.net/secondhand-smoke-and-dogs/' rel="nofollow">Secondhand Smoke and Dogs</a></em> Thanks for this post it is something I never thought of before. Now I have to get cracking and come up with a pillar post.

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]]> By: Parth http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-43101 Parth Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:57:37 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-43101 Hey, awesome idea, especially for my niche! I used to write long articles, but then I thought that people may not stick around to read em. But I'm willing to go back and try writing detailed posts again! Hey, awesome idea, especially for my niche! I used to write long articles, but then I thought that people may not stick around to read em. But I’m willing to go back and try writing detailed posts again!

]]> By: Gaida http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-42063 Gaida Sun, 15 Jun 2008 05:18:33 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-42063 Hi Tay, Thanks for the info on creating a 'Pillar Post' hadn't thought of that before. Will definitely check out the other links. Your 'pillar post' 75 Ways To Increase Your Sites Traffic was fantastic... gave it a Stumble & printed out a copy to go through each one. <em>Gaida's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OnlineMasteryGold/~3/308559978/free-web-20-traffic-video.html' rel="nofollow">Free Web 2.0 Traffic Video</a></em> Hi Tay,
Thanks for the info on creating a ‘Pillar Post’ hadn’t thought of that before. Will definitely check out the other links. Your ‘pillar post’ 75 Ways To Increase Your Sites Traffic was fantastic… gave it a Stumble & printed out a copy to go through each one.

Gaida’s last blog post..Free Web 2.0 Traffic Video

]]> By: Leisureguy http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-42032 Leisureguy Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:45:16 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-42032 Very interesting point. I didn't realize it at the time, but I did create a pillar post on "<a href="http://leisureguy.wordpress.com/2006/07/10/a-guide-to-the-gourmet-shaving-experience/" rel="nofollow"><b>gourmet shaving</b></a>". It started relatively small, but I kept adding to it as I learned more. To this day, it's the post that gets the most hits almost every day. Oddly, the other post that draws the most hits---sometimes more than the shaving post---is one that was really a throwaway: I had read about "Salba" (a food) and was trying to learn more about it, when I realized that Salba was simply a patented variety of chia seed. I wrote a <i>very</i> brief post with that fact, but then people started linking and commenting. This post became popular because of the comments---I really had little to do with it. <em>Leisureguy's last blog post..<a href='http://leisureguy.wordpress.com/2008/06/14/the-most-dangerous-drugs/' rel="nofollow">The most dangerous drugs</a></em> Very interesting point. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I did create a pillar post on “gourmet shaving“. It started relatively small, but I kept adding to it as I learned more. To this day, it’s the post that gets the most hits almost every day.

Oddly, the other post that draws the most hits—sometimes more than the shaving post—is one that was really a throwaway: I had read about “Salba” (a food) and was trying to learn more about it, when I realized that Salba was simply a patented variety of chia seed. I wrote a very brief post with that fact, but then people started linking and commenting. This post became popular because of the comments—I really had little to do with it.

Leisureguy’s last blog post..The most dangerous drugs

]]> By: Amaan Goyal http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-41961 Amaan Goyal Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:06:45 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-41961 Well you would agree that whenever there is a post made for traffic generation it is being looked up with keen interest and is being visited by people round the clock, the result is that it helps everyone spread the word around. Well you would agree that whenever there is a post made for traffic generation it is being looked up with keen interest and is being visited by people round the clock, the result is that it helps everyone spread the word around.

]]> By: James http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-41816 James Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:11:11 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-41816 Use socialmarker.com to submit to the top bookmarking sites all at once. Tip: If you have a site that is focused on one niche, but want to write pillar articles/linkbait on different, various topics, and you dont want to post random stuff on the main site, do this: Make a new blog, and upload it as a subdomain. Make it a sort of "admins personal blog", and upload them to there. Link to main site from blog pages, of course. Then submit all your random articles to bookmarking sites. This will separate your blog posts from the niche content, but the fact that the blog is on a subdomain will help the main domain. That is better than having a seperate blog, in my opinion. <a href="http://www.chocolatewealthmachine.com" >MXI</a> Use socialmarker.com to submit to the top bookmarking sites all at once.

Tip: If you have a site that is focused on one niche, but want to write pillar articles/linkbait on different, various topics, and you dont want to post random stuff on the main site, do this:

Make a new blog, and upload it as a subdomain. Make it a sort of “admins personal blog”, and upload them to there. Link to main site from blog pages, of course. Then submit all your random articles to bookmarking sites.

This will separate your blog posts from the niche content, but the fact that the blog is on a subdomain will help the main domain. That is better than having a seperate blog, in my opinion.

MXI

]]> By: Devjargon http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-41296 Devjargon Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:31:12 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-41296 We're still trying to write a few pillar posts for the development world. Coming up with one can be a difficult task if you take it too seriously and think about it too much. If you let the content speak to you instead of forcing a post out you'll get more visitors and links in my opinion. <em>Devjargon's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Devjargon/~3/309915826/' rel="nofollow">Response: What a developer needs from their manager</a></em> We’re still trying to write a few pillar posts for the development world. Coming up with one can be a difficult task if you take it too seriously and think about it too much.

If you let the content speak to you instead of forcing a post out you’ll get more visitors and links in my opinion.

Devjargon’s last blog post..Response: What a developer needs from their manager

]]> By: Steven Snell http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-41098 Steven Snell Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:16:40 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-41098 Thanks for the links Tay! For me, list posts like the two of mine that you linked to are great for drawing traffic, links and exposure. And believe it or not, subscribers too. I don't personally create those types of posts for reason number 4 that you have listed. I prefer to attempt to accomplish that through posts that are more informative articles rather than links. <em>Steven Snell's last blog post..<a href='http://traffikd.com/smm/should-you-target-social-media/' rel="nofollow">Should You Explicitly Target Social Media?</a></em> Thanks for the links Tay! For me, list posts like the two of mine that you linked to are great for drawing traffic, links and exposure. And believe it or not, subscribers too. I don’t personally create those types of posts for reason number 4 that you have listed. I prefer to attempt to accomplish that through posts that are more informative articles rather than links.

Steven Snell’s last blog post..Should You Explicitly Target Social Media?

]]> By: Desmond - GradeMoney.com http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-40938 Desmond - GradeMoney.com Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:48:17 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2008/06/the-benefits-of-writing-a-pillar-post/#comment-40938 The real good thing about pillar articles is generating backlinks which is helpful in terms of raising PageRank <em>Desmond - GradeMoney.com's last blog post..<a href='http://www.grademoney.com/index.php/archive/i-will-to-buy-ads-on-your-blog/' rel="nofollow">I Will Buy Ads On Your Blog</a></em> The real good thing about pillar articles is generating backlinks which is helpful in terms of raising PageRank

Desmond - GradeMoney.com’s last blog post..I Will Buy Ads On Your Blog

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