Is freshness an important signal for all sites?

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Google has expressed in the past that frequently updated pages get a boost in rankings (QDF), that seems to favor blogs and news sites over company sites, which have less reason to be updated often. How important of a signal is "freshness"?
Ivan, Canada

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