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Re:Don't Post Evergreen Content on Medium by tkrunning on Thursday December 13, 2018 @04:04PM (#18676101)
It's not only a problem with the search engines' own rankings, it's also that people are less likely to click an older article on the SERP.
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Re:Don't Post Evergreen Content on Medium by pmart123 on Thursday December 13, 2018 @05:23PM (#18676679)
That’s definitely true. I often find myself clicking first on a more recent search result and then backing out and clicking on older content if the initial choice didn’t live up to expectations. Since I probably still had decent time on page, etc for the first link, I’m guessing I’m making Google think that content is more relevant than it is.
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