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Will Google notice if you update old posts and respond to comments on old posts?

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3:11 pm
April 3, 2014


Financial Samurai

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Howdy Folks,

I've been wondering whether Google will take notice when a webmaster updates old posts with new information? I'm frequently updating old posts because things are always changing every year in personal finance land e.g. tax rates, income limits for credit, etc. 

Also, can the search engines tell when new comments are coming into old posts? This happens when an old post ranks well in search that it continues to attract new readers years down the road. I don't want to ignore the readers so I'm also replying a lot as well.

Thoughts anybody?

Thanks,

Sam

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5:04 pm
April 3, 2014


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I am starting to update some old posts (3 years old) as well. When I do though, I decided to change the title sometimes with a more descriptive one or some other identification. I am curious to see what Google does. 

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7:13 pm
April 3, 2014


debtroundup

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They can see the updated post and the modified date typically reflects in the code if you use an SEO plugin.  It also will reflect in your sitemap if you use one.

 

There is no problem with responding to comments on an old post. I have a post from 2012 that I just updated and it is my best post.  It continues to get comments and it ranks very well in search engines.  No problems here.

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8:52 pm
April 3, 2014


jonrhodesuk

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Post edited 8:53 pm – April 3, 2014 by jonrhodesuk


Yes it looks like Google does see the changes, and if you improve things then it's a good thing. For instance you might write the best post about credit card fraud. Then 2 years later someone writes a better one. It's a good idea to improve your original one so that it is once again the best.

 

Check out this video from Matt Cutts, as he gives some good hints on this…

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8:56 pm
April 3, 2014


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Post edited 9:50 pm – April 3, 2014 by jonrhodesuk


To me it looks like Google doesn't pay too much attention to blog comments…

 

Should I correct the grammar of comments on my blog?

 

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11:03 am
April 18, 2014


Eric – PersonalProfitability.com

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If you save it as a draft and republish with a new date, Google considers it a fresh post but you still keep your backlinks and Google Juice on the post.

12:59 pm
April 21, 2014


jwmann2

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I would imagine they would just re-index the post and if you get a ton of traffic and have a site map set up, Google is constantly crawling it. Try adding some new backlinks to your updated post, re-post on Social Media, etc. I know whenever I've at least changed the title of an article, Google picks up the change within a few days. 

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10:14 am
April 22, 2014


Barbara Friedberg

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jonrhodesuk said:

Yes it looks like Google does see the changes, and if you improve things then it's a good thing. For instance you might write the best post about credit card fraud. Then 2 years later someone writes a better one. It's a good idea to improve your original one so that it is once again the best.

 

Check out this video from Matt Cutts, as he gives some good hints on this…

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Jon, Very nice video, thanks for sharing,

Barbara

10:16 am
April 22, 2014


Barbara Friedberg

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Eric – Narrow Bridge Finance said:

If you save it as a draft and republish with a new date, Google considers it a fresh post but you still keep your backlinks and Google Juice on the post.

Eric,

Do you need to "save it first as a draft"? Of can you just repost with a new date (and I usually update the content a bit as well) while leaving the original permalink in place?

 

Thanks,

Barbara

10:24 am
April 28, 2014


Eric – PersonalProfitability.com

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I save it first as a draft so it will go back into the top of my RSS feed and re-publish as something that looks totally new in Google's eyes. I don't think you have to do it that way if you don't care about the RSS. I schedule them to go up as part of my regular posting schedule.

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