Does difference in Post Published and Post Update time affect SEO and ranking?

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  • Resolved sarang

    4 years, 8 months ago

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    Does having a little difference in Post Published and Post Update time affect SEO and ranking? Does Google understand the difference? I have a majority of organic traffic.
    The problem is using Gutenberg Editor, I can see a difference in time (the date is the same but time is different): https://snipboard.io/iFhEbP.jpg

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  • Miguel

    4 years, 8 months ago

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math today.

    When visiting a page Google will look for the dates in the schema to see when the page/post was last updated, so Google can see a difference in dates. But more importantly, it also checks the content to see the changes, which are none in this case.

    To answer your first question: This small mismatch in your time shouldn’t have any effect on your SEO rankings. More important than the dates is the actual content on the page.

    ​​​​​​Hope this clarifies your doubts.

    Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any other questions.

    RankBot

    4 years, 7 months ago

    Hello,

    Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.

    If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.

    Thank you.

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