How to make more use of past articles to increase traffic instead of just looking back on them

How can we make better use of past articles?

For starters, the amount of experience you have in writing articles is different now compared to when you first started writing on note, right?

Since your phrasing has likely improved and the writing has become more polished with less awkwardness, I think there is a lot you can pick up by looking back on them.

If you compare your current self to your past articles, naturally, your current articles should be better, otherwise, all that experience you've gained would be meaningless.

Furthermore, since you have likely read a considerable number of articles by other note users, that should have contributed to the improvement of your own writing skills and expressive power.

From that perspective as well, reading other note articles and looking back on your own past articles is essential for your own growth, I believe.

I think the key is to find ways to apply what you learn from looking back on past articles to your own writing skills, expressive power, and ability to communicate.

I started to think that making those kinds of efforts would be beneficial for myself.

So, after thinking about it, I concluded that simply editing past articles might not be the right approach.

If your past articles contain misunderstandings or incorrect information, then I think they should clearly be corrected.

But what about rewriting them just because you are not satisfied with them or feel embarrassed?

That question started to arise in my mind.

I think that is like getting on a time machine to fix the failures or shortcomings of your younger self.

Of course, everyone has their own way of dealing with things and their own way of thinking, so I don't intend to say this is the only correct answer.

I have decided that I should perform revisions and additions for the purpose of maintaining consistency when organizing them into magazines, or to improve the quality of the article content.

As for other articles, I want to cherish them as they are, thinking of both the clumsy writing and the topics covered as my own resume.

That is what I think.

However, it feels like a waste to just read them and be done with it, doesn't it?

Revive past articles and aim for SEO benefits too!

That's right, it's too much of a waste to just look back and read them and then stop there.

So, I gave it some thought.

What if I turned looking back at past articles into
critique articles?

That's right, I considered writing articles that
compare the past with the present, sharing my thoughts and current perspective
without rewriting the past.

I thought about choosing past articles that already have traffic
rather than poor-quality ones
as the subject.

And I put into practice the method of adding articles
with titles using similar keywords
to those with search demand.

That should have an SEO effect,
and it sounds kind of interesting, right?

In other words, the idea is to introduce a past article that gets traffic
and write a critique article,
pointing out flaws in its content and writing style.

Hmm, 'critique article' sounds a bit stiff, but
it's like being a red-pen teacher correcting myself,
thinking about how I would write it if I were doing it now.

Yeah, while I say it's like that,
I've heard the name 'red-pen teacher' before,
but in reality, it's a different era and I have no experience with it.

It's quite an old story, but
what breathed life into that idea
was a comment on this article.

Here is the comment I received at that time.

The person who commented, 'Hiroki Yoshimura,'
seemed to have a question or hesitation
when he was about to write his own article.

It was about how to distinguish between training, workout, and
exercise, and he said he searched for that question.

As a result, my article hit the mark, it seems.

Indeed, the article I received the comment on
had been receiving traffic from SEO search inflows
for quite a long time.

Since I posted the article on February 15th,
it had been gathering traffic
for over half a year since then.

By taking up such past articles again,
traffic gradually increases, doesn't it?

I think the way to write comparison articles with past posts
is up to each individual.

In short, instead of looking back at past articles
and revising them,
you reflect them in the articles you are about to post.

By introducing past articles in those new articles
and using them as article topics, you revive the past articles,
which is more useful than just revising them.

So, this time, I'm talking about
“A discussion on not just looking back at past articles, but utilizing them more to increase traffic” — a discussion on not just looking back at past articles, but actually making more use of them. 😆
*The illustration in the header image was borrowed from Maple Kaede-san.

Well then!

Sleeping article ideas in past posts, carefree and easy

<Here is the article from my main account posted yesterday!>