Does the blog widget with latest blog-posts at homepage helps in SEO?

[vtmoz]

Hi all,

We are planning to add a widget at our website homepage which displays recent blog-posts with dates. Google favours new and latest content. So will these consistent new posts help in improving website ranking?

Thanks

[Slumberjac]

It can certainly help. If your blog titles contain keywords that you want the site to rank for, then by having this widget you will be giving another source of information that contains your keywords on your Homepage.

It can also reduce your bounce rate which in turn is great for SEO. If someone sees the blog title and thinks "that sounds interesting" and clicks it - they are interacting with your site, and this is a big thumbs up!

My advice would be to make sure your blog titles contain strong industry keywords and this could certainly help your SEO.