Blogging Tips: Related Posts Widgets (with Benefits)

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If you're a newbie blogger or experienced you probably have read the tips where the experts tell you to make the most out of your blog content by installing a related posts widget. The widget draws similar blog posts from previously published entries and suggests them to the reader. The objective is to keep the visitor at the blog as long as possible by suggesting more for them to read. These widgets work great! But they also have additional uses or benefits. - TIP: You can use them to revisit your posts and fix broken links. If you have a blog with posts that date back several years you need to occasionally check your entries. But that's a big job! You could look back, one by one, checking each post. But if you have limited resources, look at the recommended “You Might Also Like” that the widget suggested. These are the posts that your visitor will likely see before or if they decide to peruse your archived posts. So click on those posts and recheck them. You want to ensure that your reader has a pleasant experience and will come back often. Don't bad links turn you off? Many times I've found the content was outdated and/or there were broken links, etc. Keeping your content up to date and “clean” has a positive impact your search engine rankings. That's obvious. But, if you are an affiliate advertiser, sometimes the vendor links have changed or the vendor no longer participates in the program, and you miss out on earning revenue. Lots of times you don't get an eMail alerting you that your affiliate links went bad; so it's up to you have to stay on top of these things and replace those affiliate links with similar products or services.