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It's not clear when his most recent post is; the server says "Last-Modified: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 06:00:31 GMT" but I believe I saw references to this post before that in the current discussion.

(What's with the trend of completely omitting any dates on a blog?)

>>userbi+(OP)
the RSS feed says 2022-03-04 fwiw:

    <item>
      <title>I just spent £700 to have my own app on my iPhone</title>
      <link>
        https://benwiser.com/blog/I-just-spent-£700-to-have-my-own-app-on-my-iPhone.html
      </link>
      <pubDate>2022-03-04T11:30:34.067Z</pubDate>
    </item>

>>userbi+(OP)
> (What's with the trend of completely omitting any dates on a blog?)

I hate it so, so much. But it's been a thing for at least 5 or so years.

>>userbi+(OP)
I hate that trend as well, especially if the post is meant to be instructional. Bonus points if they don't include version numbers as well.

I think it's so that your blog does not run into the risk of looking inactive when you might stop posting for a while.

>>Andrex+1m
In uni the mantra from the professors was "put a date and version on everything you write for others".

Students still forgot in the first year but got heavily marked down for it. It quickly got etched into your brain to date and version just about anything you did.

Today when I see an undated blog entry it seriously affects my perception of the writers integrity.

>>rantin+NS
> Today when I see an undated blog entry it seriously affects my perception of the writers integrity.

Yes, but you see it. The canonical reasoning I've heard for missing dates is that it avoids SEO penalties for old content.

>>userbi+(OP)
I can't stand it. Slightly more than I can't stand old articles that show in recent searches because "last updated July 26th."

>>ethbr0+gn1
Hooray for SEO once again enriching our experience!

I await the realisation of the Hitchhiker's guide's remedy for the Marketing department...

>>Groxx+ba
That's when it was submitted to HN:

>>30553448 (5 comments)

>>agentg+5p1
Inversely, I hate trying to search for old articles and being unable to find them because something about the websites metadata says a blog from 2004 is from 2018. It makes Google's time window search (and general, research for contemporary views) almost impossible.

>>ethbr0+gn1
Can SEO algos read it if you put the date in an image?

>>philip+ky3
I'm sure they could, but it's probably not efficient at web scale, so I'd hazard "No."