Originally Posted by
josephstern
Maybe he's trying to get rid of some of the negative feelings people had towards the old site and owner? I was not a fan, for sure.
That seems to have been implied in the announcement. "
But don’t freak out and get all sad. (Or celebrate, hah!)"
Originally Posted by
SANspotter
That pretty much sums up my feelings as well. I've got a lot of old content on my site going all the way back to 2011. I've thought about deleting all the old trip reports / reviews for products that don't exist anymore, but my analytics tells me that people still search for that stuff. I'm seeing a much better bang for my buck by updating that old content (making sure it ticks all the boxes for proper SEO in 2021) rather than deleting it.
That's a smart strategy. I've been doing some A/B testing on updating old articles with edit vs. republishing and right now republishing with a current date is winning.