Surely the better solution would be to say "This was the best answer in 2009. In 2012 there was a new answer." Also in the era of search engines, does it matte

Surely the better solution would be to say "This was the best answer in 2009. In 2012 there was a new answer." Also in the era of search engines, does it matter if someone compiles a point in time solution? I've lost track of the number of times I've successfully searched for that entry, only to discover it has been closed as "inappropriate". So frustrating.