Google stops supporting pings. New update (26.06)

awesomewebsites said:

So it will make on page SEO more difficult for us?

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maxmayer said:

Google stops supporting pings

Read the update
Sitemap (map site) due to spam. It's working for now, but in 6 months it will be up.

They also added more information about lastmod.
If your page changed 7 years ago, but lastmod indicates that it changed yesterday, Google will no longer believe you.

By lastmod we mean a significant modification, not a change to the sidebar or footer. Examples of when you can update lastmod:
- changing the main text
- adding or changing structured data
- updating some links.

Google doesn't use changefreq and priority at all.

What is your opinion?

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HenryObi said:

Any update to push my sites to the topic is welcome.

I'm already tired of the incessant updates from Google.

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