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Expiring Content: Put the Deadline in the Data, Not the Prose
Introduction
I run several sites that publish time-limited information: Kindle manga sales, grocery and household deals. Everything on them expires .
That creates a structural weakness. Expired deals left on the page erode trust in the whole site. A reader clicks a link labeled "through July 31" and lands on a full-price page. After that happens a couple of times, they stop coming back.
Removing expired entries by hand does not scale; the more articles you have, the worse it gets. S...
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