{"id":25494,"date":"2026-09-05T02:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T23:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/influence-your-byline-dates-in-google-search\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T02:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T23:44:17","slug":"influence-your-byline-dates-in-google-search","status":"publish","type":"ar_kb","link":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/influence-your-byline-dates-in-google-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Influence your byline dates in Google Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <i>byline date<\/i> is the date that Google estimates that the web page was updated or published.<br \/>\n      When Google can determine the byline date of your page or video, it can expose this information<br \/>\n      in Search results, if this information is considered to be useful to<br \/>\n      the user. You can provide information to help Google determine the byline date.<\/p>\n<p>      <svg xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" direction=\"ltr\" viewBox=\"0 0 800 250\" aria-labelledby=\"svg-byline-date\">\n        <title id=\"svg-byline-date\">An illustration of a text result in Google Search, with a highlighted box around the byline date part<\/title>\n        <image href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/static\/search\/docs\/images\/blank-byline-date.png\" y=\"0%\" width=\"100%\"><\/image>\n        <foreignObject x=\"130\" y=\"30\" width=\"600\" height=\"80\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"\" class=\"hide-from-toc no-link\" xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">Curious Panda<\/p>\n<p>        <\/foreignObject>\n        <foreignObject x=\"50\" y=\"100\" width=\"600\" height=\"80\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"\" class=\"hide-from-toc no-link\" xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sloth\" class=\"external-link\">Why are sloths so slow?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <\/foreignObject>\n        <foreignObject x=\"65\" y=\"140\" width=\"600\" height=\"80\"><\/p>\n<p xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">25 Aug 2023<\/p>\n<p>        <\/foreignObject>\n      <\/svg><\/p>\n<p>Google doesn&#8217;t depend on a single date factor because all factors can be<br \/>\n      prone to issues. That&#8217;s why our systems look at several factors to determine our best estimate<br \/>\n      of when a page was published or significantly updated.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-to-provide-date-information-to-google\" tabindex=\"-1\">How to provide date information to Google<\/h2>\n<p>To provide date information to Google, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Follow the <a href=\"#guidelines\">best practices for influencing byline dates<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Add a user-visible date to the page and feature it prominently. Label<br \/>\n        your dates appropriately with text like &#8220;Publish&#8221; or &#8220;Last updated&#8221;. Here are some examples<br \/>\n        of how you can highlight date information about a web page:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Posted Feb 4, 2019<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Published February 4, 2019<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Last updated: Feb 14, 2018<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Updated Feb 14, 2019 8pm ET<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<aside class=\"note\">You can provide a publication date and\/or a last updated date.<\/aside>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Specify dates with <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/structured-data-intro\/\">structured data<\/a>.<br \/>\n        We recommend that you add a subtype of<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" class=\"external-link\"><code>CreativeWork<\/code><\/a><br \/>\n        (such as <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/article-article-newsarticle-blogposting-structured-data\/\"><code>Article<\/code><\/a>,<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" class=\"external-link\"><code>BlogPosting<\/code><\/a>,<br \/>\n        ou <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/video-videoobject-clip-broadcastevent-structured-data\/\"><code>VideoObject<\/code><\/a>),<br \/>\n        and specify the <code>datePublished<\/code> and\/or <code>dateModified<\/code> fields.<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/structured-data-guidelines\/\">Be sure to follow Google&#8217;s structured data guidelines<\/a><br \/>\n        to help our crawlers understand your article dates.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"guidelines\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n      Best practices for influencing byline dates<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<aside class=\"key-point\">While Google doesn&#8217;t guarantee that a byline date, whether visible or in structured data, will be<br \/>\n      shown in search results, following these guidelines does help our algorithms find and process<br \/>\n      the information.<\/aside>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The date is required; the time is not:<\/b> However, we recommend<br \/>\n        you provide a time and timezone in markup for added precision.<\/li>\n<li><b>If you choose to specify the timezone,<\/b> provide the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISO_8601#Time_zone_designators\" class=\"external-link\">correct timezone<\/a>,<br \/>\n        taking into account <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Daylight_saving_time\" class=\"external-link\">daylight saving time<\/a><br \/>\n        as appropriate.<\/li>\n<li><b>Make your dates and times consistent.<\/b> Ensure that the date (and optional<br \/>\n        time and timezone) match between the equivalent user-visible and structured values. Time<br \/>\n        and timezone are optional in user-visible data even if provided in structured data.<\/li>\n<li><b>Don&#8217;t specify future dates, or the date of the action described on the page.<\/b><br \/>\n        The dates must describe the publication or update date of the page, not the stories or events<br \/>\n        described therein. You can add <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/event-event-structured-data\/\">Event markup<\/a> to the<br \/>\n        page to describe the activities listed on the page, if you like.<\/li>\n<li><b>Minimize the presence of other dates on the page:<\/b> If you&#8217;ve followed the<br \/>\n        best practices and find incorrect dates are being selected, consider removing some or<br \/>\n        all other dates that appear on the page.<\/li>\n<li><b>If your page is intended to show up in Google News search<\/b>,<br \/>\n          follow <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/news\/publisher-center\/answer\/9607104\" class=\"external-link\">these additional guidelines<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Search results can show byline date for a web page, if it is considered useful. 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