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Hiya,
In google search, I can see there is a date next to my blog post link. I wonder if there is any feature or tweak where I can remove the date from only the google search engine of my blog posts.
I know there are some plugins, but I want to keep plugins minimal so that my site speed will not be affected. Is there any feature or way to disable or remove dates showing in the search engine next to my blog posts?Appreciate your help!
Cheers!Customer Support
Hi there,
its up to google whether it shows a date on its SERPs, they don’t divulge how they make the decision to show a date, but if you remove any dates from the front end of your site, or being output as schema via an SEO plugin then it won’t have a date to find or display… not to say it won’t date it some other way….
Thanks David, I was on vacation and just came back, sorry for the late reply.
So, its okay to keep it normal as it is? I heard in SEO, people do not like to read old posts, if google shows a date in search next to my post, users will not click on it. That’s why I wanted to hide date in search results but of course I want to keep date showing on posts when people visit my site.Dates can be a ranking factor, as a really old post on a topic may not be as relevant as a newer post. But thats just one of many factors.
If the date becomes a ranking factor, then most users adopt the:
1. update old posts
2. display only the latest date on the front end, which in default GP templates can be done by adding the PHP Snippet provided here:https://docs.generatepress.com/article/generate_post_date_show_updated_only/
If you’re using other methods of displaying posts or using a GP Block Element Content Template, then instead of the filter you would need to edit those blocks / elements that are displaying the dates and change their dynamic data type to the latest date.
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