How to remove post date on Google SERPs

[inew]

Hi there,

All blog posts when crawled shows post date is serps. Please see a sample page below.

I don't want the highlighted section on the serps. I mean I don't want the date to be displayed on the serps. One way of doing this is removing the date section on the blog post - But that would not make sense as I want the user to see the date.

So, I want the user to see the date on the site, however I dont want google to use it on its serps. How can we achieve this? Can anyone help do this?

[Stewart]

Hi,

I believe that google pulls this information off your post/page themselves.

Check out this article, its a little old but hopefully will start you in the right direction:

http://www.dollarshower.com/how-to-remove-date-stamp-from-google-serp-description/

Stewart

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[inew]

Stewart, thanks for the share. Yes, I went through the article. I liked the javascript idea and tried implementing it.

However my index.php Genesis theme has only following code and didn't have anything to do with time and date. Just have a look at it below:

<?php
/*
 WARNING: This file is part of the core Genesis framework. DO NOT edit
 this file under any circumstances. Please do all modifications
 in the form of a child theme.
 */

/**
 * Index template, initialises Genesis.
 *
 * This file is a core Genesis file and should not be edited.
 *
 * @category Genesis
 * @package  Templates
 * @author   StudioPress
 * @license  http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GPL v2.0 (or later)
 * @link     http://www.studiopress.com/themes/genesis
 */

genesis();

Now, how do I or where do I implement the changes as in http://www.dollarshower.com/how-to-remove-date-stamp-from-google-serp-description/

Any help would be of great use. Cheers.

[Brad Dalton]

You can remove the post info using code or remove the date using the Genesis Simple Edits plugin

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[inew]

Brad - Have no idea how to do this as my functions.php file is encrypted as wrote on my previous reply.

[Brad Dalton]

You should never modify any of the Genesis files.

All changes should be made to your child themes files. What child theme are you using?

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