How It Works
Knowledge Update Cycle
How often an AI system refreshes what it knows, either by retraining or by re-retrieving from the live web. It sets the floor on how quickly any change you make can show up, and it varies enormously: a model answering from its training data may be months behind, while one searching the web at request time can reflect a page published this morning. This is the main reason no honest timeline exists for GEO work. The only way to know your own is a frozen question set measured against a control over several weeks.