# Which page types should you refresh first? | Trakkr Research

Canonical URL: https://trakkr.ai/trakkr-research/page-type-performance/answers/which-page-types-should-you-refresh-first
Published: 2026-03-14
Last updated: 2026-03-14
Author: Mack Grenfell

Refresh the templates that attract crawler attention but convert poorly into citations, starting with product pages, homepages, and weak support content. Those are the clearest sources of lost selection value.

## Methodology

Built from 337,362 citations and 11,406,191 crawler visits across 882 brands, with page-type classification and crawl-to-citation matching.

## Direct Answer

Mostly, you should refresh templates that attract high crawler attention but convert poorly into citations. Start with Help and FAQ content, product pages, and homepages, as these represent the clearest sources of lost selection value.

## What this means

Operators need a mathematical basis for content updates. Targeting high-crawl, low-citation templates directly improves the return on existing crawler activity without requiring new URL discovery.

## Evidence table

| Metric | Value | Why it matters |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Product page efficiency | 0.49x | Product pages are crawled heavily but cited much less. |
| Homepage efficiency | 0.74x | Homepages are read more than they are cited. |
| Help/FAQ efficiency | 0.21x | Help and FAQ content underperforms strongly. |

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How inefficient are product pages at generating citations?

Product page efficiency is 0.49x, meaning they are crawled heavily but cited much less frequently.

### Should we prioritize updating our homepages or our support content?

Help and FAQ efficiency is 0.21x, making it the lowest performer, while homepage efficiency is 0.74x. Support content requires more immediate structural updates to improve citation rates.

## What to do next

- [Prioritize page types that convert crawl attention into citations rather than focusing solely on raw crawl volume.](https://trakkr.ai/trakkr-research/page-type-performance/answers/which-page-types-should-you-refresh-first#next-step-1)
- [Use product pages for coverage but build answer-heavy editorial and use-case pages for citation lift.](https://trakkr.ai/trakkr-research/page-type-performance/answers/which-page-types-should-you-refresh-first#next-step-2)
- [Audit high-crawl, low-citation templates first to eliminate the clearest waste in the system.](https://trakkr.ai/trakkr-research/page-type-performance/answers/which-page-types-should-you-refresh-first#next-step-3)

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- [owned vs third party citation tracker](https://trakkr.ai/trakkr-research/page-type-performance/trackers/owned-vs-third-party-citation-tracker) - Related tracker page

## Data And Sources

- [AI Crawls Your Product Pages. It Cites Your Blog.](https://trakkr.ai/trakkr-research/page-type-performance) - Flagship study behind this page
- [Page JSON](https://trakkr.ai/data/research-answers/page-type-performance/answers/which-page-types-should-you-refresh-first.json) - Machine-readable companion file