B
Evidence Grade B
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60%
60% -- share of ai citations from pages refreshed within 6 months for AI citations for high-intent queries (2026)
Over 60% of AI citations for high-intent queries come from pages refreshed within the last 6 months.
- Reported as 60%+
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Value
60%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
AirOps
Primary
Tier B
https://wordpattern.org/blogs/airops-vs-marketmuse-best-tool-for-content-refreshing/ ↗
Source Article
Content refreshing used to be something teams did when they noticed a traffic dip. In 2026, that instinct is too slow. 73% of B2B websites saw significant traffic losses between 2024 and 2025, with an average 34% year-over-year decline according to KEO Marketing data cited by MarTech. The window bet…
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AirOps
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Methodology
AirOps 2026 State of AI Search Report; value is a floor (60%+)
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
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AI citations for high-intent queries: 60% share of ai citations from pages refreshed within 6 months. Source: AirOps (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-citations-pages-refreshed-6-months
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-citations-pages-refreshed-6-months" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>60%</strong> -- share of ai citations from pages refreshed within 6 months for AI citations for high-intent queries<br><small>Source: AirOps (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-citations-pages-refreshed-6-months" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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