Updating Old Posts

[ryanerisman]

I have ~ 45 posts that I wrote 2-3 years ago that need to be updated with current information and I'm wondering if I should:

1. Just update them

2. Update them and change the date published to present day

3. Publish the updated info. as a completely new post

4. other?

... and why.

I've read so many conflicting thoughts on this, really curious to hear what other Pro members think (or would do if it were them).

To give a little more background, the topics of the posts are various retirement communities. Things that may have changed could be they added new amenities, new home types, prices, number of homes still available, etc.

I have one page of my site that acts as sort of a directory linking to an article(post) for each community, but worried if I add all the updates as new posts I'll have to link to separate articles about each community which doesn't really make things too friendly for the reader. They want to know about what's going on with each community now...not back 3 years ago.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

Many thanks!

Ryan

[AdoptionHelp]

I would update the existing posts, and change the post date to the day you update them. Because these aren't really news articles or blog posts, they should go into the same post, not a new one. And because the information is current as of the day you update, if you have the date on the page it may as well reflect the date of the information. Having it current will probably help you rank better too, since current info will be more valuable to searchers than info 3 years old.

[ryanerisman]

Solid points. Thank you Ryan!