I would not publish another hot take about Google's May 2023 core update. If legacy URLs still underperform, audit them like any loser: intent match, freshness, duplication, and internal links.
Fair point.
Most teams skip this because it feels boring, then wonder why the dashboard looks fine while the pipeline stays quiet and nobody can name the page that actually moved a buyer to act.
Focus on survivors and losers

Which templates still drag the site?
Which posts attract traffic that never converts?
Helpful content lens

Mass-produced explainers aged badly.
Specific pages with proof held better.
Action today

Merge overlaps.
Update stats and examples.
Point internal links to winners.
Stop writing about 2023 unless you are fixing a URL that still bleeds. That is the whole strategy.


