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by explain 496 days ago
The "Updated" seemingly refers to when anything on the page changes, not just something in the news release. In this case, the change was to add a banner to the top of the page indicating that the content is archived/old, which triggered the "Updated" to change.

The most recent change before this one was as recent as November 2024. The change made at that time was to switch a phone number in the footer out for an email address, which also triggered "Updated" to change.

TL;DR: not gaming Google, just made a regular change
1 comments
alistairSH 496 days ago
Bulk updating old pages with a new timestamp isn't "gaming Google"? ICE didn't just add an "this is archived" message, they also added the date. Not just that, they did it across hundreds or thousand of pages as part of an administration changeover. And no other agency is doing the same.

Sounds like basic SEO, no?

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