Topic: `freshness-and-ai-citation`

7 entries tagged freshness-and-ai-citation.

Rules (1)

rule R4 — Keep frequently-updated content fresh SUBSTANTIVELY, not cosmetically; cadence at least every 60–90 days for the pages that matter

Reference entries (6)

reference BrightEdge — pages updated within 60 days are ~1.9× more likely to appear in AI answers (2026)
reference AirOps — pages not updated in 90+ days are ~3× more likely to lose AI citations (2026)
reference Amsive — ~50% of AI-cited content is less than 13 weeks old (2026)
reference Ahrefs (16.975M citations across 7 AI platforms) — average age of AI-cited URLs 1,064 days vs 1,432 days for organic top-10: 25.7% "fresher"
reference Capability 3 — live or frequently-updated data: content whose value depends on currency (availability, pricing, status, hours, inventory) refreshed on a cadence rather than written once
reference Research brief: the website as a working surface of the business — four capabilities, AI-citation decoupling, freshness as a real signal (June 2026)