Data Changelog
Material changes to the federal datasets, scoring pipeline, or index surface. Cosmetic layout edits are omitted. To report a figure that looks wrong on a specific page, use the contact form or email corrections@plaincompare.com with the URL. See also our corrections process.
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Aggregate Life Score database rebuild
Rebuilt the production SQLite corpus from sibling source extracts (BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA). Restored ETL metadata stamping so public “data updated” lines reflect the database vintage (August 2026). Corrected methodology copy that overstated refresh cadence or cited sources not used in the Life Score composite.
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Metro score page divergence (burn-down)
Replaced identical Share/FAQ/Takeaways chrome on metro Life Score pages with data-driven composite/cost/wage signature openers and corpus tercile branches so each metro page leads with its outlier dimension.
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State score page divergence
Applied the same signature-stat branching pattern to state Life Score detail pages.
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Index directory Dataset schema
Shipped Dataset + DataDownload JSON-LD on /counties and /metros hub pages (page-1 only; per-county pair URLs remain noindex).
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Admission seed (EAP + IndexNow)
Submitted curated metro/state score URLs via the estate admission protocol and IndexNow ping batch after surface contraction.
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County mass index-surface contraction
Retired the 3,200+ per-county URL combinatorial mass from the index surface (noindex + sitemap removal). The /counties hub remains the searchable county directory.