First off the reason I wanted to remove dates from my posts on one of my pages was that it was completely evergreen. Meaning it will work today, tomorrow or another 10 years from now. It is not going to change.
You do want to show your post dates if it is a time sensitive thing. For example if you are a sports blogger your dates would be important.
People are a little crazy even if they know things are always the same if they see a date from a few years ago they might just think it is no longer relevant and bounce right off of your page.
So to get that perfection and maybe help with decreasing those bounce rates you might want to get rid of those dates.
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That code will remove the date entirely across the site on all posts, which, as you say, might not always be a good idea.
That date code can be theme specific, so it might not work in all themes.
Another option is to use a "Last Updated" date, which is my preference and what I do. Search engines will pick up the last updated date as the modified date, and it shows that the site is being updated.
See my screenshot. Just another possibility for anyone interested.
That date code can be theme specific, so it might not work in all themes.
Another option is to use a "Last Updated" date, which is my preference and what I do. Search engines will pick up the last updated date as the modified date, and it shows that the site is being updated.
See my screenshot. Just another possibility for anyone interested.