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What's the best way to handle outdated content? Does old content affect SEO? In this episode of Search Off the Record, Lizzi Sassman and John Mueller discuss the importance of addressing old content and updating it to continue being useful to users today. Listen along as Lizzi and John discuss content decay's effect on Google Search results and practical steps to tackle it.
Resources:
Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr073-transcript
Crypto redirects → https://goo.gle/4dq7Ywe
Outdated blog post on traffic drops → https://goo.gle/3y8UNQd
Mobile-Testing Tool blog post → https://goo.gle/4bsCJ1Q
Structured Data Tool landing page → https://goo.gle/4bvZ8Lw
Watch more Search Off the Record → https://goo.gle/sotr-yt
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