Use search data and real content changes to keep evergreen pages accurate instead of changing dates without adding value.
Publishing is not the end of an evergreen guide. Technical documentation changes, screenshots become inaccurate, links break, and a page can keep receiving impressions even when parts of it no longer answer the searcher's question well.
A useful update has a reason: a platform changed its behavior, the page has outdated steps, a better example is available, or search data shows that visitors are looking for an important subtopic the page does not address. Changing a date without improving the content creates no value for the reader.
Re-test code examples, tool instructions, screenshots, source links, and claims. Remove sections that no longer help. If the page has accumulated several overlapping explanations from previous updates, rewrite them into one clearer answer rather than continually appending more text.
Use the original publication date for when the guide first became available and update the modification date after a material revision. Readers should be able to distinguish a genuinely maintained guide from a page that automatically presents itself as new every day.
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