Will old content rank?

Gecko101

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Hi,
I know google loves fresh content and "Content is King".
My question is will old content rank?
The content is of decent quality and is having new back-links built for it.

 

bpt5959

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Dude just write your content and post it. Why would you post old content without editing it in the first place anyways?

 

Gecko101

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bpt5959 said:

Dude just write your content and post it. Why would you post old content without editing it in the first place anyways?

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No, what I mean is if the content is not updated for a long period of time will that eventually hurt its ranking? Because of how it is known that Google loves fresh content.

 

bpt5959

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You can edit it up. Post a new paragraph. I'm not going to say exactly how long the new paragraph should be, but at least 300 words. I added a new 500 word paragraph to one of my pages and it jumped up 10 spots a week later.

 

xjapan

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they can rank, you may try updating the date

 

Gecko101

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xjapan said:

they can rank, you may try updating the date

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how do you mean by updating the date?

 

xjapan

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I have old post dated 2015, I have changed it to 2017

 

Nargil

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Gecko101 said:

No, what I mean is if the content is not updated for a long period of time will that eventually hurt its ranking? Because of how it is known that Google loves fresh content.

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Lol no... the content has age and it will rank better than whatever fresh stuff. Age of the content itself is one of the most important SEO factors.

 

volund

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Gecko101 said:

Hi,
I know google loves fresh content and "Content is King".
My question is will old content rank?
The content is of decent quality and is having new back-links built for it.

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The fresh content thing is very niche specific. You can do searches and find old posts ranking just fine. I have niche sites that I have not updated in years and they are still ranking. However you should still be building links to your old pages to keep them at the top.

 

Furious Man

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Try that content Copyscape passed or not..if it wouldn't don't use it and make the unique one for your site

 

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markbc

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Just make sure that your content is unique and relevant too.

 

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old contact will index and be fine.

the only difference is you need to make sure it not duplicated words in the content and cheek it in copyscape ..

your be fine.

I use expired articles all the time it fine...

 

Initial Effort

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Yes old content will still rank. If it has drop in ranking, you can still improve it by updating the content and building more backlinks and promote it.