Comments on: 10 Reasons To Edit Your Published Blog Posts

By: Pozycjonowanie

Pozycjonowanie — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:02:05 +0000

Your blog was the first place that told me the answer for what I was looking for. Thanks.

By: Cool Gifts

Cool Gifts — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:28:18 +0000

I think it’s also good to go back and edit your older posts. You might find many of them are still very relevant. You may just need to update a few things or give a new example.

By: Ejvind

Ejvind — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:03:03 +0000

I feel like Tony that we are “Writing history” Sometimes it is not in the best interest of the user to have corrcted information, since this may confuse (if I have read the “old” blog post first) In that case I would prefer to be able to see the corrections made.

On the other hand I have deleted a blog post once, because I had written it while being very angry, and after cooling down could see that I was doing both me and my target a disfavor.

Thanks for a great topic.

By: Tvents

Tvents — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:53:38 +0000

The blog editing is needed. Of course, this is related to the readers. They will continue visiting the blog with regular editions. I hope I can continually implement the blog editing.

By: The Agra Indian

The Agra Indian — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:24:27 +0000

Your advice is really great Barry.

I have noticed many times that comments on posts have something that might be added to the post content but seriously I have never thought of re editing it.

Now I have taken your words will do when ever I will find any valued additions. I am sure search engine bots will also love it.

By: MyTechnologyGuide

MyTechnologyGuide — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:38:31 +0000

Great tips! Thanks this will definitely help me as a blogger to keep my blog shining! 🙂

By: SpokaneREMarketing

SpokaneREMarketing — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:25:47 +0000

Great write up. I have always avoided making changes to my blog posts once published but I have never had a good reason for belief. I appreciate you taking the time to give me a reason to change my ways.

By: DansMuayThaiMMA

DansMuayThaiMMA — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:34:16 +0000

I tried to edit to incorporate feedback from my comments all the time. I also make sure I always comment back to my readers to make them feel like it’s an interactive experience to visit my blog.

Great post man.

Dan

By: Barry Welford

Barry Welford — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:08:28 +0000

That’s an interesting viewpoint, Tony. I do not feel I am creating history. Rather I’m creating something that should be the best it can be for future visitors. Some even suggest that blog posts should not carry dates since they should be, in a sense, timeless.

By: Tony Lawrence

Tony Lawrence — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:12:49 +0000

Yeah, correcting typos is fine, but when correcting true mistakes, I prefer to do that with a comment. Sometimes, if it’s particularly important that people not be misled, I will make that an in-line comment or if it’s really critical I might use strikethrough on the original text and then add my new text in bold.

The only time I’ll actually edit is when the mistake was a mistake of communication – where I didn’t express myself clearly and therefor apparently gave wrong information. Even then I hesitate because I just don’t feel right “rewriting history”. Annotating, fine, but rewriting makes me uncomfortable.