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topic: freshness-and-ai-citation
Topic:
freshness-and-ai-citation
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freshness-and-ai-citation
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R4 — Keep frequently-updated content fresh SUBSTANTIVELY, not cosmetically; cadence at least every 60–90 days for the pages that matter
Reference entries (6)
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BrightEdge — pages updated within 60 days are ~1.9× more likely to appear in AI answers (2026)
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AirOps — pages not updated in 90+ days are ~3× more likely to lose AI citations (2026)
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Amsive — ~50% of AI-cited content is less than 13 weeks old (2026)
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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"
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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
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Research brief: the website as a working surface of the business — four capabilities, AI-citation decoupling, freshness as a real signal (June 2026)