Definitely but only when done with purpose. removing outdated fluff and adding fresh, useful information can give content a second life. A simple date change won't fool google, sadly the algorithm isn't that easily impressed. Real improvements in depth, accuracy and user value are what move the needle.
sometimes i have seen stale content come alive from correcting intent mismatch, but increasing the words count was almost useless in itself
Yeah, I think it's worth trying. If a page is still getting some impressions, I update it first before removing it.
i will also conduct a comparison between the page and current rankings, since there is a chance that the competitors r providing answers to the same query in a better manner. this issue will not be sortted out by simply adding new information to it.
updating existing pages which still get impressions have been more effective for me than removing a large number of URLs randomly since sometimes some pages jst require a different perspective rather than rewriting.
Imo, refreshes help when they add real value, but pruning alone isn’t a guaranteed ranking boost by updating useful pages and merge or remove thin, redundant content based on performance data.
Updating a page can make it look "fresh" in the eyes of Google and therefore you can gather more traffic through it.
i think pruning is misinterpreted as the process of deleting pages that are not clicked on. such pages may still be helpful for other material or may have very speciallized information.refreshing makes sense if the subject has changed but deleting helpful pages just bcz they appear weak through analytics sounds risky to me.