Google's If-Modified-Since May Result In Googlebot Crawling Less

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Is googlebot crawling less?

If you have a news site and it looks like Google is crawling less since ~3/7, don't worry. Google News added if-modified-since support then.Google's If-Modified-Since May Result In Googlebot Crawling Less [twitter.com]

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Google does seem to prefer pages with fresh and evolving content.