diff --git a/app/controllers/billboard_events_controller.rb b/app/controllers/billboard_events_controller.rb
index 66d3fb59e..ee795c029 100644
--- a/app/controllers/billboard_events_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/billboard_events_controller.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class BillboardEventsController < ApplicationMetalController
   def update_billboards_data
     billboard_event_id = billboard_event_params[:billboard_id]
 
-    ThrottledCall.perform("billboards_data_update-#{billboard_event_id}", throttle_for: 15.minutes) do
+    ThrottledCall.perform("billboards_data_update-#{billboard_event_id}", throttle_for: 25.minutes) do
       @billboard = Billboard.find(billboard_event_id)
 
       num_impressions = @billboard.billboard_events.impressions.sum(:counts_for)
diff --git a/app/services/articles/suggest.rb b/app/services/articles/suggest.rb
index 4de4fd25b..5954029c5 100644
--- a/app/services/articles/suggest.rb
+++ b/app/services/articles/suggest.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ module Articles
     def other_suggestions(max: MAX_DEFAULT, ids_to_ignore: [])
       ids_to_ignore << article.id
       Article.published
+        .where("published_at > ?", 3.months.ago)
         .where.not(id: ids_to_ignore)
         .not_authored_by(article.user_id)
         .order(hotness_score: :desc)
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ module Articles
     def suggestions_by_tag(max: MAX_DEFAULT)
       Article
         .published
+        .where("published_at > ?", 3.months.ago)
         .cached_tagged_with_any(cached_tag_list_array)
         .not_authored_by(article.user_id)
         .where(tag_suggestion_query)