Research has a date. Decisions can change when the evidence changes.

Prices, product plans, hardware configurations, software features and company policies change. AlreadyChecked records when evidence was checked and treats freshness as part of recommendation quality.

Checked dates

Verified source records, pricing evidence and review analysis carry checked timestamps assigned by the research service. Public decision pages show when the research record was last verified so readers can judge its age.

When a recommendation should be refreshed

• A price or plan changes materially.
• A required feature is added, removed or restricted.
• Official terms or documentation change.
• A major product version or replacement changes the competitive set.
• Credible new independent evidence contradicts an important conclusion.
• A limitation becomes materially more or less important.

Corrections

If a factual error is identified, the underlying research record should be corrected before the public recommendation is treated as current. A correction must not silently preserve a winner when the corrected evidence changes the outcome.

Conflicting evidence

When credible sources disagree, the disagreement should appear as uncertainty or mixed evidence until it can be resolved. AlreadyChecked should not rewrite a conflict as certainty simply to keep a clean recommendation.

Indexable research freshness

The SEO publishing layer applies a freshness gate to researched decision pages and requires stronger evidence than a one-off personalized search. A page that no longer satisfies the publication contract should be refreshed or removed from the set of pages promoted for indexing.