To date or not to date your blogs!
Published on January 26, 2020
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To date or not to date your blogs! That is the Question
I'm curious on peoples thoughts regarding including the post date on blogs (on your website that is). Yes, I know, not what you thought.
Do you include (show) it or not? If so, why? If not, why not?
On the one hand, if you post the date, readers may bypass (exit) older blogs considering them old news, potentially irrelevant and only suitable for the trash can. 
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However, displaying the date can also indicate activity.
But, not having dates doesn't necessarily indicate activity or inactivity and it would then be the quantity of posts (if anyone cared to delve further) that would indicate an active site perhaps. So, perhaps this is a good approach.
I can understand not including the date if the product for instance is 'EVERGREEN' to combat thoughts that it may no longer be available or has been superceded if it's an older post.
However, my niche generally and the general blogs I write are timeless.
Perhaps the answer is to archive posts where a product is no longer in circulation.
Have I confused you yet?
How do others manage this?
Or is this simply six to one, half a dozen the other and not a big deal?
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