SEO Tycoon

**tadisaus2** · 09-20-2009, 08:09 PM

Hello Forum Friends:
I like to thank you for reading my post. I have this question that relates to how often we should change on the homepage.
I read on this forum that we need to make some changes on the homepage so that SEO can index our homepage as search engines see new content and new design.
1. How often should we change the design on the homepage?
2. How often should we change the content on the homepage?
3. How often should we reuse the content on the homepage? the reason i ask this question is because I saw one big article directory owner usually approve my articles after I submitted for about 4 or 5 months.
Big thanks.

**BuckFush** · 09-21-2009, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by tadisaus2

Hello Forum Friends:
I like to thank you for reading my post. I have this question that relates to how often we should change on the homepage.
I read on this forum that we need to make some changes on the homepage so that SEO can index our homepage as search engines see new content and new design.
1. How often should we change the design on the homepage?
2. How often should we change the content on the homepage?
3. How often should we reuse the content on the homepage? the reason i ask this question is because I saw one big article directory owner usually approve my articles after I submitted for about 4 or 5 months.
Big thanks.

As u have mentioned Web Design, I would say, Don't bother with splash pages.

A splash page is normally a pointless page people put on their websites as an introduction. The page normally contains some sort of image on with a big click here to enter sign, or sometimes people don't say anything and just hope you will click on the picture to enter their site.

Splash pages are fairly pointless and it is just creating more work for your visitor as they have to click the mouse button an extra time just to see the content of your site.

By removing the splash page the visitor can get to see the best parts of your site straight away, without having to wait for a pointless page to load.

**chrishirst** · 09-21-2009, 05:15 AM

It's garbage!!!!

There is no need at all to change the content at all.

**infinitejail** · 09-21-2009, 07:46 PM

I believe that the answer to your question is that you do not need to change your homepage at all as far as seo is concerned. But I think that you need to change something on your site with a reasonable frequency just to show to Google that your are working on your site. Otherwise Google will crawl it less and they must use some measure of how active a site is. But honestly it is not totally clear to me.

**mithu143** · 09-22-2009, 02:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tadisaus2

Hello Forum Friends:
I like to thank you for reading my post. I have this question that relates to how often we should change on the homepage.
I read on this forum that we need to make some changes on the homepage so that SEO can index our homepage as search engines see new content and new design.
1. How often should we change the design on the homepage?
2. How often should we change the content on the homepage?
3. How often should we reuse the content on the homepage? the reason i ask this question is because I saw one big article directory owner usually approve my articles after I submitted for about 4 or 5 months.
Big thanks.

In terms of SEO there is perfectly no restrictions as to how often you can change your Home Page. But the more often you do it by posting new posts the better because in that case SEs will return more frequently to index your site. Also you will get more subscribers to your site, but of course the new content must be useful to your visitors and optimized fro the SEs.

**Earnest** · 09-22-2009, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by infinitejail

But I think that you need to change something on your site with a reasonable frequency just to show to Google that your are working on your site.

Google couldn't care less whether you are working on your site or not. What it cares about is how relevant is a particular site to a particular query, that's all.

Sites are different and get updated as often and as soon as necessary. Some don't need that at all.

Design does not have anything to do with SEO.

**jj1** · 09-22-2009, 03:38 PM

I believe that blogs may need frequent content update.

However, most of my non-blog sites are only updated 1 or 2 times a year and they have not suffered in the serps - although one site I know of (not one of mine) that hasn't been updated in 2 years has fallen in the serps.

Some SEO books I've read in the past do say to make some changes to sites - eg change a picture or something just to show it's been updated.

So I guess for the average non-blog site just make the occasional small change to show your site is still being updated??

**Gabinet** · 01:13 PM

Hi

I wouldn't be changing things unless you know what you're doing. How do you know you're not making it worse? Many people think keyword density is a reliable SEO technique, for example. However, it is sooo easy to go overboard and make it look like you're spamming. If my page was ranking highly, I'd probably leave the page alone. It's always best to create new content than tweak old ones, unless you know for a fact there is something wrong with the old page.

I'm lucky because I can be confident of my page SEO. I use Site Build It, which has a feature called Analyze It. It checks density and other SEO points on each page. If my page passes with flying colors, I leave it alone. If not, I do a tweak to fix it. It's amazing how accurate it is because most of my pages rank very, very highly. That's how I get so much free search engine traffic, by the way.

But I digress.

You should not have to be changing pages unless you know for a fact something is wrong and without a tool to tell you, I think you're just shooting in the dark. You're much better off creating more pages and writing more content.

That of course, is my opinion.

**Phreaker47** · 09-25-2009, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by chrishirst

It's garbage!!!!

There is no need at all to change the content at all.

Did u mean that Content has nothing to do with SEO???

And why???

**simituck** · 09-27-2009, 04:17 AM

A common misunderstanding regarding search engine optimization is that doing it once is going to suffice and high page rankings will automatically follow.

The reality is that SEO is an ongoing process that requires constant testing, man-hours, and analysis in order to provide the best results possible.

The countless moving parts of SEO also require monitoring due to the changes in the search engine landscape and how they might apply to both you and your competition.

**chrishirst** · 09-27-2009, 05:27 AM

The main misconception here is that you have to change your content on a regular basis to keep it "fresh".

If your pages are getting conversions and genuine traffic from search engine referals changing your content simply for the sake of it may well lose your site that traffic.

Now if you are talking about adding NEW and useful content to the site on new pages when needed that is a different thing entirely.

**johnch** · 10-01-2009, 11:51 AM

You can update some changes, yes. But doing that just because you were told that you need to often change some on your homepage, in my personal opinion is wrong. I agree with chris, with adding new content. Just make sure that its with quality and relevant to your site. It will help your site get a positive result.