Glossary

Freshness Signals

Indicators that content is recent and maintained.

Definition

What this term means

Indicators that content is recent and maintained.

The business impact

AI assistants prefer up-to-date sources, especially in fast-moving topics.

How you might use this term

“We update sitemap metadata to improve freshness signals.”

Explore connected concepts

Sitemap

A file that lists important URLs so crawlers can discover content.

Last-Modified Header

An HTTP header that indicates when a page was last updated.

RAG

A system that retrieves sources before an AI model writes a response.

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