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Retrieval and RAG

What is Real-time retrieval?

Searching for information while generating the answer

Real-time retrieval allows current sources to be searched while the answer is generated. Latency, bot access and the provider's index affect which pages appear.

What Real-time retrieval means in GEO

In a RAG pipeline, publishing is not enough. A page must be discoverable, enter the candidate set and survive reranking.

Why it matters

Publish readable dates, update material information and make sure the page responds quickly without access blocks.

What to check in practice

Identify the stage where the source disappears: access, initial retrieval, reranking, generator context or citation selection.

How it connects to other concepts

Real-time retrieval belongs to retrieval and rag. It is best analyzed alongside related terms because AI visibility depends on several stages and signals rather than one isolated optimization.

Common mistake

Blaming final copy when the document never reached the model that writes the answer.

Turn these concepts into metrics

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