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2. It’s easier to use the last updated date
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are plugins available that can handle it �or
you.
I� you are creating a list o� resources and
linking to them , using the ‘last updated date 5. Numerical Di��erence
is m uch easier because you don’t have to
change it as o ten as the ‘published’ dates. I I� you w ant to display the num erical
you w ant to link to a tw o-year-old post w ith di��erence betw een tw o dates, you w ill
the last updated date �ive years ago, it w ill have to �orm at them as YYYY-M M -D D, as
be challenging to use the published date. that is the orm at used or ‘last updated’ on
You w ill have to add the publication date and W ordPress. By de�ault, W ordPress show s the
date in this w ay: 2013-06-12, and i� you need
then change the ‘last updated date in your
a date di��erence like 19 days ago, then you
link i� you w ant to link to it. It w ill becom e too
w ould use the �orm atted date: [2013-06-12
challenging to create lists because this is a
19d].
tw o-step process that has to be done every
tim e you w ish to update your article.
6. The di��erence between the published
and last updated being close
3. The published date is o�ten more
important
I� you publish posts on your blog site
regularly, then you should update the
As m entioned above, blog posts are
publishing date on your blog and put it as the
usually seen by G oogle as show ing up on the
date m entioned above. I� you w ant to m ake a
last published dates rather than only being
page that show s the last updated date, then
updated w ith new in�orm ation, like in exam ple
change it rom ‘published’ to ‘last updated
one. There are also new s item s printed and
and you’ll see that it’s the sam e date. The
considered ‘new s’ or a certain period. The
di erence is slight, but it’s som ething to be
item s becom e older and older as the date
aw are o i you’re using dated pages or other
goes by, but the date w hen they w ere �irst
purposes.
published still im pacts their SEO value.
7. Di��erences in WordPress blogs
Som e sites w ill have ‘new s’ categories
and use keyw ords in the titles to get better
I� you have a W ordPress blog, then each
rankings in G oogle, so using the last updated
tim e you add a new post, the last updated
dates could rem ove this type o� article �rom
date w ill change to today’s date and w ill
the search engines because it’s no longer
change w henever you update the post. It
relevant. Published dates help G oogle
m akes it m ore challenging to link to a previous
determ ine w hat is current new s and w hat
post i� you w ant to show the publication date
isn’t.
because each tim e an updated version is
published w ith a di��erent title or other details,
4. Updated
the last update date updates again.
I� you w ant to use a published date, you
W hen you have w eb pages w ith dates,
need to add the update keyw ord so that
it can be not easy to m easure their SEO
G oogle know s w hen you last updated the
value and understand how they w ill appear
article. I you don’t do this but use published
to G oogle. The published date is m ore
or updated, then G oogle cannot understand
im portant, but the last updated date w ill
how recently hum ans updated or edited the appear in search engines and get picked up i�
report. You should also use a �uture date as you link it.
the last updated date (even i it’s really in the
past at the tim e o� publishing), as G oogle It should be possible to keep them
w ill usually �ollow that. Adding and changing di��erent and use them �or other purposes
these dates can becom e com plicated w ith (published vs. last updated) even i� you use
W ordPress blogs and RSS �eeds, but there one o� the W ordPress plugins �rom this list.
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