The minute you publish something on the web, the clock starts ticking and the information starts to go out of date. When we publish to print, there’s not much we can do about that. However, on the web, we can continually refine and correct our content.

When talking about dates there are a couple of best practices you should observe. It’s usually best to write actual dates rather that the period of time that has elapsed since an event.

For example, if you write in “January 2009″ rather than, “one year ago” then the information stays current.

This mistake is most commonly seen in staff biographies on web sites. So avoid saying things like “Jane joined the company 6 months ago and has 2 years experience …”

Instead, write  ”Jane joined the company in June 2009 and qualified as a doctor in 2007…”