Footer still shows an old year
The footer still says an old year. Visitors read that as a business that has stopped bothering.
How to see it yourself, in a minute
- Scroll to the bottom of your homepage.
- If the year in the footer is not the current year, this is you.
Or paste your address into the free audit, which checks this and seventeen other faults in ten seconds.
Why it matters
It is a small thing that says a big thing. A footer that reads 2021 tells a visitor nobody has looked at this site in years, and they wonder what else has been left.
A small thing that says a big thing. A footer that reads 2021 tells the visitor nobody has looked at this site in years, and they wonder what else has been left. It is also usually the first sign of everything else on this list.
How we fix it
We make the year update itself, then go through the rest of the site for anything else that has quietly aged: staff who left, prices that changed, services you no longer offer.
- Make the year update itself.
- Go through the site for everything else that has aged: staff who left, prices that changed, services you no longer offer, the 2019 news item.
How long: An hour, plus whatever the content review turns up.
Questions people ask about this
- Does Google care about the footer year?
- Not directly. Visitors do, and Google measures what visitors do.
People usually find this page by searching
- “update copyright year website automatically”
- “website looks outdated”
Has your site got it?
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Or fix the lot at once
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