Do Search Engines Get Bored ?

Plutonio · Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 3

If a site seems to 'work' - the visitors (mostly new) appear happy with the content/structure etc, and the search engines are happy to rank it - is there any value in making small, regular changes to the content to make it appear 'fresher' to the engines, even if this does nothing for the visitor ?

I've read that fairly static sites may get crawled less frequently but so what ?

I tend to the view that 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' - unless you can make the visitor experience more worthwhile. On the other hand, algorithms don't have feelings.
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Zimor · Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 3

I think you've got the right idea.

The search engines won't keep crawling your site as often if there's nothing new to index, but your pages will continue to rank about the same until something better (not just "newer") appears. Or until they re-jig the algo! I have one home page that has been bolted to the top of its main SERP for 4 years - even though I've never changed my story on it and there are many new competitive sites.

Changes to improve customer experience make sense - but I figure that's the only reason to change!

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siteadmin · Site Admin Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 304

If you are just thinking Search engines then you are fine with your crawling. But imagine visitors they tend to visit your site if you have quality fresh and interesting information.

no one wants to visit sites which are totally static. Even product sites attact repeat visitors only if they have attractive new products.

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