Disadvantages in removing blog meta/post dates?

Discussion in 'Blogging' started by Kerosene, Apr 27, 2010.

0
  1. #1
    Some of the most popular posts on my blog are from the distant past, and although they're still relevant, I'm concerned that people might see the post date published in the Goog results, and not bother to click because it's an old post.

    Is there any disadvantages in removing the date that posts were made?
     
    Kerosene, Apr 27, 2010 IP
  2. BlastFree

    BlastFree Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    65
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    108
    #2
    Kerosene,

    There are a few disadvantages, especially if you have inbound links pointing directly to that post. If you decide to remove the dates and use a different permalink structure, you can always use a redirect.

    -BlastFree
     
    BlastFree, Apr 29, 2010 IP
  3. XSentry

    XSentry Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    419
    Likes Received:
    3
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    110
    #3
    XSentry, Apr 29, 2010 IP
  4. Kerosene

    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

    Messages:
    11,366
    Likes Received:
    575
    Best Answers:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    385
    #4
    No no no. I won't be changing permalinks (all my permalinks are blogtitle.html etc).
     
    Kerosene, Apr 29, 2010 IP
  5. rilwis

    rilwis Peon

    Messages:
    104
    Likes Received:
    1
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    #5
    I think it might let your visitors go away when see the post date. But I'm not sure will Google remove the post date from the SERPs or not. I see some popular Wordpress sites don't use post date in their permalinks and even don't show to users.
     
    rilwis, May 1, 2010 IP