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Google: Don't Update Lastmod Date With Copyright Date Changes

ResidentialBusiness
in Link Building Strategies

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Gary Illyes from Google ranted on Bluesky about folks updating the lastmod date in their sitemap files when all they have changed was the date in their footers copyright line from 2024 to 2025. Gary said, don't do it, it is not enough of a change to the page's content to warrant a lastmod date update.

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