Comments on: Why do People not put the date on their Blog Posts? http://www.kksmarts.com/blog/dates-in-blog-posts/ Discover the Secrets to capturing More Business from your Website Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:29:44 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Michael http://www.kksmarts.com/blog/dates-in-blog-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-9512 Michael Thu, 20 May 2010 09:16:04 +0000 http://www.kksmarts.com/blog/?p=403#comment-9512 OK I am late to this party - been busy writing content for my affiliate marketing websites. And herein lies the problem with a visible date: You say you can't understand why "anyone" would want to hide the date on a post, but you know, we're not all marketing "website marketing". You don't always want potential buyers to know that you wrote the product review 12 months ago - it may put them off buying. If the product has not changed, it's no problem that the review is 12 months old, but the potential customer may perceive it to be so. I don't want people judging me on a 12-month-old review that would be the same if I had written it the day before. Physical products are not the same as services. You need to change the factory to change them. Regards Michael Shrewsbury, UK OK I am late to this party – been busy writing content for my affiliate marketing websites. And herein lies the problem with a visible date:

You say you can’t understand why “anyone” would want to hide the date on a post, but you know, we’re not all marketing “website marketing”.

You don’t always want potential buyers to know that you wrote the product review 12 months ago – it may put them off buying. If the product has not changed, it’s no problem that the review is 12 months old, but the potential customer may perceive it to be so. I don’t want people judging me on a 12-month-old review that would be the same if I had written it the day before.

Physical products are not the same as services. You need to change the factory to change them.

Regards

Michael
Shrewsbury, UK

]]> By: Rob Hull http://www.kksmarts.com/blog/dates-in-blog-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-6624 Rob Hull Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:50:08 +0000 http://www.kksmarts.com/blog/?p=403#comment-6624 Possibly because some people use WordPress to run a website which is not a traditional blog? Maybe using it as a CMS to display content where the post date is not relevant? (Although I completely that blog posts should have a date, I'm planning to edit my blog theme one day to make the date more prominent.) Rob Possibly because some people use WordPress to run a website which is not a traditional blog? Maybe using it as a CMS to display content where the post date is not relevant?

(Although I completely that blog posts should have a date, I’m planning to edit my blog theme one day to make the date more prominent.)

Rob

]]> By: Ryan Beale http://www.kksmarts.com/blog/dates-in-blog-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-6352 Ryan Beale Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:34:24 +0000 http://www.kksmarts.com/blog/?p=403#comment-6352 Mike, I'm on your side here. I look for dates on blog posts to see the "freshness" of the content and to put the content into perspective. RB Mike,

I’m on your side here. I look for dates on blog posts to see the “freshness” of the content and to put the content into perspective.

RB

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