The eternal quandary faced by all online writers is the one of priority. Is quality more important than quantity, or is it just the other way round? As far as I know, no one has yet published a mathematical formula to get us all out of the fix; gut feeling has to fix it. Everyone has to decide for themselves how much they value quality over a generous output. And you can always blame Google if your articles don't find any readers.
The answer lies in balancing quantity and quality into a working whole. Imagine: You have to find a way to balance across an abyss on a tightrope. If you are too stuck on every word that you are going to publish, you will never reach the other side. If you are too sloppy in spelling and grammar, readers will let you slip and fall down. Another picture that comes to mind stems from Doctor Doolittle: The push-me-pull-you embodies perfectly how you have to harness the two opposing forces to your online writing.
It depends, too, on who you are, where you come from, and what language is your native one. I am not a native English speaker. I sometimes marvel at the speed with which some writers are able to push out articles. I do have to go slower to avoid as many mistakes as possible. Others might have even more problems with English and would have to go even slower about publishing anything. Your speed is only for you to decide on. Don't try to compare it to others' output. Basic circumstances might be very different comparing theirs to yours.
Don't stress yourself to publish an article before you think it is ready. Don't dither over it on the other hand. If you have made a mistake in it, you may always claim that you did as the Amish do: Only God is perfect, and therefore a mistake has to be included in any work.
In the end, content will carry the day. If what you write is based on solid fact, solid fun, or solid sarcasm, readers will enjoy it and not be bothered by a mistake or two. If on the other hand your post is just tripe, copied from another blog, or repeating fake news, then you'll run out of readers sooner rather than later. This means that quality should decide what you write about, quantity should decide on how long you take to do it. And in the end it's your name it is published under.
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