Comments on: Does Your Website Look Credible? http://spidersavvy.com/does-your-website-look-credible/ Building The Web Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:19:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: SpiderSavvy http://spidersavvy.com/does-your-website-look-credible/comment-page-1/#comment-69 SpiderSavvy Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:57:03 +0000 http://spidersavvy.com/?p=2014#comment-69 Good obervation, Chris. I certainly see your point. Perhaps a best practices approach would be to reference the older article and annotate the older article to indicate that there is newer information available. When I am looking for information about Web design I am contantly looking at the publish date because many topics that are just a few years old are already outdated. A 'good' news Web site would also apply in this situation. Good obervation, Chris. I certainly see your point.

Perhaps a best practices approach would be to reference the older article and annotate the older article to indicate that there is newer information available.

When I am looking for information about Web design I am contantly looking at the publish date because many topics that are just a few years old are already outdated. A ‘good’ news Web site would also apply in this situation.

]]> By: Chris Olstrom http://spidersavvy.com/does-your-website-look-credible/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Chris Olstrom Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:26:08 +0000 http://spidersavvy.com/?p=2014#comment-68 Regarding point #3 above, how do you rationalize increased credibility for newer content? Newer information has had less opportunity to be evaluated and either confirmed or rejected as accurate. The upside to new pages is that they may reflect the newest discoveries in a field, while older pages may not (which is I think what you were getting at). The most credible would be those with citations from other (trusted) sources. That aside, an older article where the author has updated it to include new discoveries would also seem more credible than one published an hour ago. Thoughts? Regarding point #3 above, how do you rationalize increased credibility for newer content?

Newer information has had less opportunity to be evaluated and either confirmed or rejected as accurate.

The upside to new pages is that they may reflect the newest discoveries in a field, while older pages may not (which is I think what you were getting at).

The most credible would be those with citations from other (trusted) sources. That aside, an older article where the author has updated it to include new discoveries would also seem more credible than one published an hour ago.

Thoughts?

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