How often do you update a site? (3 posts)

Topic tags: updates, websites
  • Profile picture of Beth Beth said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    Over at famvin.org, we have varying schedules for updating: the “News” sites are updated almost every day; the Encyclopedias are sporadic as folks find the time and energy to add/revise content; Vinformation is updated frequently.

    Others sites seem to be updated less frequently. Is this a deliberate choice or is it driven by the ease/difficulty of updating? Some sites are necessarily more static than others because of the type of content.

    Anybody care to elaborate on the how’s and why’s of updating?

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  • Profile picture of Thomas Zielinski Thomas Zielinski said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    1. Commitment
    2. Responsibility
    3. Sharing

    Updating business/organization/community webpage cannot be and “extra duty”, “off-hours activity”. To do the updating, to keep up webpage alive requires commitment and full-time involvement.
    Ten, fifteen years ago it was enough to HAVE website with some short information and perhaps few subpages. Presently, when web access is must-have equiptment of good mobile phone the webpage must be alive. Let it be once a week, twice a month or once a month. But let viewers notice something changes.
    What can I think about organization with the website last updated 4 years ago! Is this organization, charity or community still operating? If nothing changed for years I am not sure if their mailing address is correct or telephone number.
    Israelis often say, “Ma lasot?”. “Lasot”. What to do? DO.

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  • Profile picture of Beth Beth said 1 year, 9 months ago:

    I too am suspicious about the viability of an organization with a website that has not been updated in months or years. One can’t put up a page/site and then ignore it. In many cases this is the public relations face of an organization.

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