I was reading my feeds this morning, and finally started coming awake and paying attention when I realized I had just spotted the third occurrence of archived articles being reposted. Keep in mind, there is nothing sneaky about it. The authors all very clearly represent the articles as being from the archives. Many times the articles are relevant to the season or current events.

I have used retrospective posting a time or two, because the subject matter was relevant to some current event or trend. It seems as though using a stand-by method too much would reveal the author as not having anything to post. Personally, I enjoy links back to old posts, especially if they are all topically relevant. Posts that were popular when first published are good for referring back to.

What would constitute too much of a good thing in this instance? The thought has occurred to me it might be interesting to posts some of the more popular articles from the past month on the last day of the month. Maybe that would make things a lot more simple and time-efficient for bill paying, and cleaning up the financial end. Of course, you always want to make a review at the end of the month of what discoveries you and others have made on your blog.

If not overused, retrospective posting can be a good thing. Helpful in the way of time consumption, it is simple to set up, leaving more time for other tasks. It can be a good way showcasing articles some readers may have missed. Bloggers should be mindful they are being judeged by their creativity as well as how prolific they are. Using a stand-by method is acceptable from time to time, but should never be employed as a primary means of having blog fodder just to produce content.