This is a technique I stumbled on by accident. I advance post a lot of my articles. This is putting a date in the future on it, so that it will appear on the top of my blog when the time passes. This way I don't have to be there to post it.

I wrote my own blogging code and I wrote a script to generate my sitemaps. I didn't factor in the advance posts when I wrote it, so these posts would be added to my sitemap the day I created them.

This gave a very good side-effect however. My posts were now being indexed by Google and the other search engines beforehand. It had time to work its way into their search results.

Why Is This Good?

You waste no time getting indexed. Your post is basically ready already, so why not let a few people sneak a peak if they can? If you are trying to time your posting with an event, then this would be a good way to do it. Say I am writing an article on Spiderman 3. If I start getting indexed now, then by the time the movie comes out I will show up in a decent spot on Google.

Plus, for those keeners who look at your HTML sitemap page (if you have one), they can get a sneak peak as well for upcoming content.

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