six ways to delete, recycle & upcycle your blog content

#1. Remove What Doesn’t Work Anymore

Delete any links that point to:• services you no longer

provide.• products you no long sell.• affiliate products that are no

longer available.

WAIT! Getting 50 or more visits a month to your “dead link” page? Redirect the traffic to a new affiliate link.When removing old pages with very low traffic, make sure your 404 page is working in your favour.

6 Steps to Delete, Recycle & Up-cycle Your Blog Content

It’s not unusual for videos to go missing over time.

6 Steps to Delete, Recycle & Up-cycle Your Blog Content

#2. Check For Broken Links

Use the WordPress Broken Link Checker plugin or visit BrokenLinkCheck.com

#3. Check For Broken Images

6 Steps to Delete, Recycle & Up-cycle Your Blog Content

Be careful of free image plugins that can leave broken boxes behind if thePlugin loses support or the image creator removes it.

This can also happen on a blog widget when a Pinterest board or pin is removed.

#4. Check For Broken Videos

6 Steps to Delete, Recycle & Up-cycle Your Blog Content

Videos may be removed by their owners, so your links will break!

#5. RECYCLE THE GOOD STUFF!Old content can still be useful, but a little out of date. Place it in ‘draft’ mode and come back to it later to update it.

6 Steps to Delete, Recycle & Up-cycle Your Blog Content

#6. ADD FRESH IMAGES TO THE BEST CONTENT

Just like when you do a spring clean at home, you’ll discover stuff you had forgotten – and you’d forgotten how good it was!While good content doesn’t change, web graphics can go through phases. A fresh new graphic can draw new attention to an old post.

6 Steps to Delete, Recycle & Up-cycle Your Blog Content

6 Steps to Delete, Recycle & Up-cycle Your Blog Content

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