5 Blog Maintenance Tasks You Can Do Right Now

Blog Maintenance Tips – 5 Blog Maintenance Tasks You Can Do Right Now – [Last Updated March 2023]

Blog maintenance is something that I find always seems to slip through the cracks.

I have good intentions of getting on top of it all but often find that I’ll convince myself that I’ll do it tomorrow or another day.

But, with some time on my hands lately I’ve started getting on top of it and have found it’s a lot easier and quicker than I remembered.

So, I wanted to share 5 blog maintenance tips with you to help improve your blog.

If you’re like me and procrastinate quite a bit when it comes to keeping your blog “in good health” so to speak, these tips are for you!

Even if you’re not, they are still good practice and will help your blog in the long run.

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5 Blog Maintenance Tasks You Can Do Right Now

1. Check broken links 

Checking broken links used to be a task that I didn’t look forward to and in any way.

I still don’t “look forward” to it, but I find it much easier to bare now and can have it running in the background whilst I do other things.

Yay for multitasking.   

This is the site that I use to check broken links –

brokenlinkcheck.com  

Keeping up with broken links is important and I would recommend doing this at least once a month so that there aren’t links leading to a 404-error page.

I find that a lot of my broken links come from comments left on my blog from others who may not have their blog anymore or have changed their URL, so don’t be afraid to delete comments that have links that lead to an error page.

You may want to keep all the comments you can and I get that, we all do!

But in the long run it is much better for your blog to get rid of those links.

It is also good for your overall SEO plus can help when it comes to your Domain Authority.

As well as comments from people holding links, some pages or sites you have linked to in the past may also be “bad links”, so be sure to keep on top of that.

2. Update old posts 

Updating old posts is good practice because it keeps their quality up as you grow, and it means that you can still keep the content relevant.   

You don’t have to re-write the full thing, although I would suggest this if you are like me and have blog posts about 5 years old.

My writing style is a little different from when I stared, it’s elevated for sure because back in 2015 I was quite ‘rough and ready’.

So, I make a habit now of choosing 3 posts per month to update.

Ways to update your post

• Update photos 
• Check spelling and grammar 
• Make new Pinterest graphics 
• Re-write
• Add in a new perspective 

3. Add ALT text to images 

Alt text, also known as alt tags or alt descriptions are important because they are used within HTML code to describe the images on the page.

Having alt text is good because it is a way for visually impaired people or people who can’t see the images to also enjoy your content as it will help them get a better idea of the images going along with your blog post.

It’s important to make sure your website can be enjoyed by everyone

As well as being good for a better user experience, it will also help your blog SEO wise.

When your search for things on a search engine such as google you will see image results and that is because the alt text used for these images relates to what you are searching.

So, in the long run if you have good alt text you can have your images showing up in search results and could help you rank higher on search engines.

For more information on this plus examples, you can check out Moz’s alt text for images page – moz.com/learn/seo/alt-text

This is where I learned the most about alt text and why it is important.

4. Create new pinterest graphics 

You may or may not already create Pinterest graphics for your blog posts, if you’re not, you have to start!

Pinterest is great for boosting your engagement and having a pinable image on your post lets others pin your post as well as yourself and in turn can bring more traffic.

I tend to make one Pinterest graphic that I put in my post but will create several different designs for the one post that I will directly put into Pinterest.

Example:

These three Pinterest graphics are for my blog post How to Create Eye-Catching Branding for Your Blog – but I have made many other designs for it over the months since the post went live.

It is a great way to keep traffic coming to your blog plus provides different designs that may appeal to different people.

When creating your Pinterest graphics, make sure that they are clear and that you can tell exactly what the post will be about, even if you are changing up the wording like I have.

Keep it specific and when you are writing the description in pinterest, make sure you are including key words as this will help it show up in peoples searches.

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5. Clear out spam comments

We all love getting comments on our blog, don’t we?

It’s a great way to connect with your readers and I don’t know about you, but I feel genuinely overwhelmed when people comment because I know people are reading my posts and it’s a great feeling.

But, we are bound to get those spam comments from time to time, you know those comments that simply say “great” or “check out this website on loo roll”.

I mean, they add nothing to your blog so you may as well get rid of them and tidy things up.   

A good rule of thumb that I have followed for a few years is 8 words or more

I remember reading about this in a blogging Facebook group, there was a SEO expert doing a live and answering questions.

One of the questions asked was –

“How long should a blog comment be”

And they replied with 8 words or more.

Now, I honestly don’t know how true this is as I have searched everywhere trying to find information on this but I can’t find anything. So, take it with a pinch of salt if you like.

But, I am simply stating the rule of thumb that I follow and have found works for me.

If you want more on blog commenting etiquette you can check our my post Blog comments I can’t stand.  

I have found that having comment approval on is so much easier for clearing out comments as I can vet them before they are even posted making this task a lot easier. 

Final Thoughts

And there you have it, 5 blog maintenance tasks that you can do to keep your blog tidy and running smoothly.

Blog maintenance doesn’t have to be boring or feel like a chore.

If you keep on top of it, it’s actually pretty easy and once you are done, the sense of achievement feels great.

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