Google takes thread information from similar threads

[ploph1x]

When you are viewing SERPs you may see something like this:
"6 posts - 5 authors - Last post: 26 Sep 2009"

Somehow google take the date from a thread in "similar threads" and type it's date in SERPs instead of the original thread's date.

So for example, if you have posted a new thread and it was indexed in the last 24 hours and in "similar threads" there was a thread from 2007 then google will think that the page is from 2007 and will use this information in SERPs.

I really don't want to remove the similar threads option.

please help me to solve this issue, thanks.

[Brian Cummiskey]

Unfortunately, this is out of our control. Hopefully Google will realize their mistake and fix their algorithm.

[ploph1x]

How do you explain that this issue isn't occur here?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...=&oq=&gs_rfai=
As I am typing this now I see "12 hours ago".

When I post a new thread in my forums and Similar Threads are displayed, then I am receiving an incorrect time.
e.g: http://www.satla-zone.co.il/forums/f201/t118872/ - Google Search
^ This thread was posted today, displays "11 March" instead of "X hours ago" because of the first result in similar threads.

[Brian Cummiskey]

Again, this is out of our control. Google adds this automatically based on their own renderings or readings of the page. There's no setting or anything else we nor you can do to change this.

[scylla]

There is a fix to remove the date for similar threads.

goto Style Manager
Show Thread Templates
Showthread_similarthreads

Find and remove

<td class="thead" width="20%">$vbphrase[last_post]</td>

Adjust the width for the remaining td's (I would give each td an extra 5% width to balance things out)

and the end result would look like this.

<td class="thead" width="45%">$vbphrase[thread]</td>
    <td class="thead" width="20%" nowrap="nowrap">$vbphrase[thread_starter]</td>
    <td class="thead" width="25%">$vbphrase[forum]</td>
    <td class="thead" width="10%">$vbphrase[replies]</td>

and then save and goto
showthread_similarthreadbit
find and remove

<td class="alt1" align="$stylevar[right]"><span class="smallfont">$simthread[lastreplydate] <span class="time">$simthread[lastreplytime]</span></span></td>