{"id":92,"date":"2014-05-05T07:10:21","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T07:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delhicourses.in\/blog\/?p=92"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:32:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:02:31","slug":"remove-dates-from-blog-posts-for-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delhicourses.in\/blog\/remove-dates-from-blog-posts-for-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Remove Dates from Blog Posts for SEO?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Effects of Showing Dates on Your Articles in Search Results<\/h1>\n

There are lots of confusions about the effects of showing dates on your article in search results. I examined this thing with lots of my fellow bloggers and webmasters yet never uncovered an answer. Some of them told me that it’s good to show dates in SERPs, however others told me that it’s not good in terms of SEO. At that point, I decided to check this thing with my own particular test.<\/p>\n

I have blogged with more than 400 posts and 1500 visitors per day. I decided to execute this thing on this blog. I removed all the date stamps from all of my blog posts, and after a month later Google quit showing dates on my links in SERPs. I checked this thing for two months, and I was stunned when I discovered my blog’s traffic was increased by almost 50%. Prior to this, my blog was getting around 1500 visits per day which increased to 2500 visits per day later. In any case, do you know why this thing happened?<\/p>\n

(Removing dates primarily affects click behavior, not direct rankings. It influences user perception of content freshness.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Benefits of Removing Dates from Blog Posts<\/h2>\n

It was hard for me to figure out. Anyway, finally I got my answer. It happened due to two reasons. One, Google started ranking my posts higher than before and furthermore I got higher CTR than it was before. You know why my blog’s CTR was improved. Let’s have an example. Assume you are searching for “Google panda update” and you got two results with dates 2009 and 2010.<\/p>\n

On which article will you click? Obviously, you’ll click on the newer article. So if you’re not showing dates on your blog, you’ll get the benefit of doubt and your blog will start getting more clicks. So if you’re not showing dates on your site’s description, then your articles will remain evergreen, and you’ll likewise get more space for your descriptions in SERPs.<\/p>\n

(Evergreen content tends to outperform time-sensitive content over longer periods.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Example: Search Behavior<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Searchers tend to ignore articles older than 12\u201318 months<\/strong>, even if they are still valid.<\/p>\n

Case Study 1: Tech Blog (India)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A tech review site removed dates from 1,200 posts<\/strong>.
\nResults in 3 months:<\/p>\n