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What the 2026 citation studies say about recency, how the date signals fit together, and a CI check that catches mismatched dates

Nov 2 · 7 min read · vistaai-geo.hashnode.dev  
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I’m the co-founder of Vista AI, an AI Search Visibility and GEO platform helping businesses understand how their brands appear across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and other AI search engines. I write about AI search, GEO, SEO, SaaS, and the future of search.

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