Google results for https://www.scala-lang.org/ are marked with a "13 Feb 2015" timestamp

[epic-64]

Usually only "blog posts" or "threads" get a timestamp in the results, but it seems the scala landing page was wrongly indexed as such.

It could have a negative effect on users seeing it in the search results for the first time, creating a false impression that the Scala language or website has not been maintained for a while.

One potential explanation could be that the landing page used to be a blog and the timestamp of "the newest article" was never removed by Google afterwards.

PS someone noticed that "Feb 13, 2015" could be a wild translation from the newest Scala 2 version, "2.13.15"

[eed3si9n]

I don't see sitemap in rsync output (https://scala-webapps.epfl.ch/jenkins/view/All/job/production_scala-lang.org-builder/8287/console ). I wonder if the sitemap isn't generated for some reason.

[SethTisue]

@fsalvi is this an area where you have any insight?

[fsalvi]

I saw this website:
https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2019/03/help-google-search-know-best-date-for?hl=en

I'll have a deeper look next week.

[fsalvi]

Well, I didn't see anything wrong server-side which could lead to this result.
Date is properly set (Last-Modified: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 13:45:09 GMT).
I would suggest giving a try at the solution proposed by Google:
https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/publication-dates?hl=en
in the headers (_includes/headertop.html).
We would quickly see if it makes a difference.

[He-Pin]

use Google site to refresh？