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Recycle Old Blog Content

There are many ways to have a successful blog, one of these ways is to actually improve your blog by removing dust from your old blog posts, that’s what I call recycling old content.

You see, blogging is not only about writing fresh content, also it’s not about updating the blog on daily bases. What really matters is the quality of what you are putting there. So, I hope you can spare a few hours every week, dedicate these hours to recycle your old blog content, focus on quality rather than quantity.

Recycle Your Old Blog Content will get you there…

You are already there, you’ve got content that everybody loves, but it’s not valid for all times, at least a big chunk of it is not!

Why not check your most visited blog posts?

Start with your popular posts, or maybe those posts that make you money (for example: your product reviews). Go though its content, see what’s missing, and how you can make them better?!

You could:

  • Do yourself a favor by improving your blog!
  • Do your blog visitors a favor by making a better blog!

Basically, you don’t have to do a complete re-write for the whole post, you can instead do a few simple changes here and there. I know you blog better than when you first started, and I am sure you can add this experience to your old content and make it better.

Recycle and Reuse your old blog posts

There is a lot of ways to recycle and reuse your old blog posts. Here is a few:

Why you should Recycle your old blog content?

Well… Why you should Reuse a Cup? Here is a simple why!

reuse a cup infographic

Infographic: Why Reuse a Cup? via Reusable Bags – Factory Direct Promos

Do you see the relationship between saving the internet and saving a tree?!

You see, search engines and social media exists, both loves great content, don’t let them forget about your old valuable piece of content that is covered by dust!

Cycle your old blog posts, remove the dust, re-share them with the world!

Do you recycle your old blog content?

A few months ago, I started to edit and update some of the old blog posts we have here on FamousBloggers.net to make it better. You also should do the same!

Yes? You Are Awesome!

No? Start now!

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I create websites with WordPress, and I develop Schema Plugins to help SEOs. I am a social network lover. I am also the night creature who works hard to keep this project up. Owner and founder of the Famous Blog.

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  1. Janlewala says:
    Thanks Hesham Zebida for your nice thinking to share with us. I also suppose we should use a widget to display our most popular post and its may needed for other visitors.
  2. Mike Fischer says:
    Definitely a time saver, recycling your old content gives a polish to your old posts and has chances of more visits. I love this infographic on Why reuse a cup?
  3. Peter Whale says:
    Wow, that's actually a great tip. My blog is over a year old so I've got some older content I might actually be able to recycle. I'm looking through my blog posts for the ones that are most popular right now :D Thanks!
  4. Mitz Pantic says:
    Oh no I feel really bad now as I have used 2 takeaway coffee cups today!!! AHHHH!!! I also recycle my content and my favorite way is to turn articles in a PDF and submit them to PDF directories.. (or get someone on Fiverr to do it) :)
  5. Keith says:
    Recycling old content can be really helpful and new content or fresh posts can be written quickly. The already available content needs a bit of alteration or new ideas can also develope from old content. Your ideas of generating new text from old text interests me alot.
  6. Jon says:
    I have sort of been doing this for years. If you write a blog that has a lot of evergreen topics, then it is wise to review that content from time to time, and bring it up to date. What I find mostly is that when blogging I will write "today in the news" or "last week. ..." etc. which makes sense at the time of writing, but not a year later. So reviewing, editing and improving page can turn a news post into an evergreen post.
  7. James says:
    I love the infrographic. As for recycling old content, I haven't done it yet. But I found a few articles that I want to update and there are a few that get a lot of traffic that I think should be recycled as well.
  8. Dean Saliba says:
    I recycle my old posts by tinkering with them and then submitting them to various article directory sites, mainly for the traffic.
  9. Martin Cooney says:
    I've only had the time to do this on a few older posts but converting them into a slide show video and keywording it into YouTube is another way you can recycle content for a new audience. More than one way to skin a cat.
  10. akhilendra says:
    Great Post Hesham, i agree that sometime, it's better to go back to our old posts and restructure or modify them to bring them in sync with current world
  11. Jacko says:
    Cool post. Only one thing that is an issue though. Are there any starbucks coffee drinkers that drink Duncan? I'd love to see famous bloggers content get recycled into a television show or something. This is probably another reason to avoid getting too nuanced with posts as they will age and have no value in the future. Maybe it makes sense to focus on concepts instead of specifics like 4hr wk week?
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hey Jacko, TV show is way hard to achieve :) , but well.. maybe an online magazine to start with!
  12. AdamDOglesby says:
    I'm too new to blogging to be able to recycle my old posts yet--only a month or so in. But I can certainly see the value. Even coming up with the few posts I've written has been quite a chore. Once I have a few hundred blog posts quietly gathering dust in my archives, I'd be only to happy to perform a Dr. Frankenstein on them, resurrect them from the dead with flashes of lightening and my loyal assistant Igor by my side. Thanks for the advice.
  13. Robert Koenig says:
    It's an interesting idea, but I'm not sure how rewarding it actually is. The idea would save a lot of time, but I don't see why you should randomly drag up old posts unless they're somehow relevant to something current.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hi Robert, I didn't mean to randomly pick posts, but to focus on the popular posts that people actually want to read!
  14. Pemba says:
    OMG, what a writeup. Never thought of this. Now i have to stay up some extra hours daily to get my blogs recycled. I just dont know where to start from. Thanks for this tip. Really appreciated.
  15. Jhon says:
    Hesham your idea to Look back at my old content, and see if there’s an ongoing theme that can be fine-tuned and made available as a new publication is grate. Thank you!!
  16. Dave Lucas says:
    Hesham! I hate to be a wet blanket, but googlebots are now programmed to mark "recycled" blog content and - poof - it and the original disappear from "search" - A LOT OF BLOGGERS WILL BE VERY SURPRISED NEXT UPDATE - I HOPE YOU WON'T BE AMONG THEM! Having typed that, there's NO HOLDS BARRED when it comes to LINKING back to your older posts - even including a chunk of the original text AS AN IMAGE so the bots can't "see" it! ALSO beware of the "old post" twitter plugin. I've seen several instances this year of it going haywire - and bloggers losing followers on twitter as a result. Truthfully, unless it is INFORMATION that is still valuable and viable RIGHT NOW nobody wants to read your old post. Blog On - but try and come up with NEW material!
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Well.. I agree with you on Tweet Old Posts plugin, but I am talking about making your posts up to date, why would Google consider that be a bad thing?!
  17. Asif says:
    Nice post, I too have dedicated a certain amount of time to rewrite old articles. Because as the blog grows, our writing skills also improves over time and when we look back at our old content, there are high changes that we spot some errors such as typos, grammatical errors or the relevancy of information we had put in the post.
  18. Nishadha says:
    This is an excellent idea and they might give you ideas for more blog posts as well, like how the landscape has changed, how it can be done better etc.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Of course Nishadha, that's what I meant by reusing old content.
  19. Jonathan Smith says:
    Great post Hesham, I believe I have some work to do now lol.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hey Jonathan, Being having 1000+ posts on the blog really makes it a lot of work, the good thing is I need to focus on the popular post as a start :)
      • Jonathan Smith says:
        Probably a good idea lol :) Hey check out my review post about your themes: http://wealthcrave.com/thesisawesome-thesis-child-themes-review.html
  20. Ryan Biddulph says:
    Hi Hesham, Leverage your presence. Recycle content. Build new posts around old subject matter. Watch how your writing skills improve. Go ahead, check out an old post. See what I mean? ;) Take the topic and build a new post. Create new steps - information you've acquired. Or, take an entirely new approach. Break down steps from a "How To" post. Select a step. Expound on the idea. Build a new blog posts, flesh down, get into details. No limit to your leveraging. Create videos from old posts. Package together, spruce up, publish in ebook form. I like doing my live weekly webinars based on old post ideas...especially popular posts. This helps expand my presence, build a stronger connection with my audience and grow my list quickly. Each creative act can become 20 creative acts. Learn how to re-purpose. Reach more people. Save yourself time. Add a passive element to your marketing campaign. Leverage. Reach more people with each act. Now you know why I comment how I comment Hesham ;) Thanks! RB
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Haha Ryan , I know exactly what you mean :) Thanks for the bonus tips.
  21. Justin Mazza says:
    Great idea Hesham. I find when I am out of ideas for my blog, that the next best thing to do is go back and update old content. Especially the ones that get a lot of visits already.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hi Justin, Glad to know that! Yes, that's a good investment for time.
  22. Shane says:
    Hesham we thank you for yet another great post and sharing the green message. I will be sure to be green and recycle my posts!! I have learned so much from you over the years. I appreciate it.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Hey Shane, Good for you, and for your blog visitors, the infographic inspired me to write a little about what I was doing on the blog recently. Good job.