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  "locale": "en",
  "type": "glossary",
  "section": "dictionary",
  "slug": "content-freshness",
  "title": "Content freshness",
  "description": "Why freshness comes from changed facts rather than a new template date.",
  "direct_answer": "Content freshness is the degree to which a page reflects the current state of its subject as of a stated date. It requires reviewing changed facts, sources, and limitations; automatically changing dateModified without a substantive revision creates only the appearance of freshness.",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Working meaning",
      "paragraphs": [
        "Freshness has a subject and time horizon: a price may age in a day, technical documentation in months, and a foundational definition much more slowly. A page therefore needs a data-through date, review date, and update trigger rather than one ritual interval."
      ],
      "source_ids": [
        "google-ai-optimization",
        "google-gen-ai"
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "How to distinguish",
      "paragraphs": [
        "Publication date marks the first release, modified date a material revision, and a review log the fact of checking. Freshness is not publishing frequency and does not require rewriting stable text merely to obtain a new timestamp."
      ],
      "source_ids": [
        "google-ai-optimization",
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    },
    {
      "heading": "Example",
      "paragraphs": [
        "If OpenAI changes its crawler list or purposes, the platform profile should update the affected fact, source, date, and correction history. If a monthly review finds no change, the article's visible modification date should stay the same."
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "Testing",
      "paragraphs": [
        "Connect each unstable claim to a primary source and an update trigger. When a source hash changes, compare meaning rather than navigation or banners; revise affected passages, rerun RU/EN parity checks, and record a material correction."
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "Interpretation limit",
      "paragraphs": [
        "A new date does not make a claim accurate, while older material can remain valid. Freshness also guarantees neither ranking nor citation; it reduces the risk of stale facts, while usefulness, accessibility, and source selection remain separate questions."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "published_at": "2026-09-11",
  "modified_at": "2026-09-11",
  "data_through": "2026-09-11",
  "next_review_at": "2026-10-11",
  "author": "GeoAeoAle Editorial",
  "origin": "editorial",
  "publisher": "GeoAeoAle Editorial",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
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    {
      "claim_id": "content-freshness-scope",
      "text": "The public modification date should change only after a material visible-content revision; a recheck with no changes should be logged separately.",
      "status": "inference",
      "confidence": "medium",
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      "source_id": "google-ai-optimization",
      "canonical_url": "https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/ai-optimization-guide",
      "title": "AI features and your website",
      "publisher": "Google Search Central",
      "source_type": "official",
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      "published_at": null,
      "checked_at": "2026-09-11",
      "sha256": "268c1b39f2e4c118469b551091463cc283a8f854dc019f1b02a5643ca05c31d7",
      "license": "Source terms apply",
      "visibility": "public"
    },
    {
      "source_id": "google-gen-ai",
      "canonical_url": "https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/using-gen-ai-content",
      "title": "Guidance about generative AI content",
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      "license": "Source terms apply",
      "visibility": "public"
    }
  ],
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  "limitations": [
    "Review frequency should reflect how quickly the topic changes and the cost of being wrong. A date alone cannot prove currency; freshness requires source provenance and a record of what was actually checked."
  ],
  "corrections": []
}