Abstract: Methods and apparatus for date annotating and displaying a web page. A web page is segmented into search data fragments. A date map is searched for matching target data fragments. Stop-words and punctuation symbols can be removed from the search and target data fragments, which can be arranged in alphanumerical order. A target data fragment matches a search data fragment when the edit distance between them is less than a threshold. The publication date of a search data fragment is the publication date of a matching target data fragment, otherwise, the current date. A search data fragment with no matching target data fragment is stored in the date map with the current date. Search data fragments are displayed using indicia to convey their publication dates. Indicia include search data fragment fonts or background colors on which search data fragments are displayed.