How many websites pass the Date Modified check?

Based on 494 audited sites · Updated 2026-05-08

9.5%of audited sites pass this check↑0.1% vs last month

95% confidence interval: 7.2%–12.4%

About This Check

Checks whether content includes a last-modified date for freshness signals.

Why This Matters

LLM Discoverability

Last-modified dates allow AI systems to prioritise the most recently updated version of a page, ensuring citations reference current rather than outdated information.

SEO Impact

Google uses last-modified signals to schedule recrawls efficiently; pages with visible update dates are crawled more frequently, helping keep the index current.

Status Breakdown

9.5%pass(47)

90.5%warn(447)

0%fail(0)

Compliance Trend

Daily pass rate across benchmark snapshots (up to 90 days).

Industry Breakdown

How different industries perform on this check.

Other14.3% passavg score 67.4n=7

Energy0% passavg score 73.7n=3

Gaming33.3% passavg score 79.3n=3

Retail0% passavg score 77.2n=5

Travel0% passavg score 72n=6

Finance3.8% passavg score 75.7n=26