Establish a repeatable baseline
Choose relevant customer questions and record the answer, source links and context seen in selected search experiences. Keep dates and conditions with each observation.
Bring clarity to the information about your products, expertise and business across the places customers discover you.
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A citation is an observation, not a sales result.
Illustrative concept. The actual work is shaped around your store.
Search and answer experiences are changing. The useful starting point is still the same: accurate information, clear page purposes and evidence for what you say.
Connected decisions, practical implementation and a scope shaped around your store.
Choose relevant customer questions and record the answer, source links and context seen in selected search experiences. Keep dates and conditions with each observation.
Clarify product attributes, comparisons, brand facts and supporting evidence. Make useful explanations accessible in the page HTML and connected to the right sources.
Check important facts across pages and the relevant sources you control. Use structured data only where it accurately describes visible information.
Repeat the agreed observations and review referral or enquiry evidence where available. A mention, a click and a sale are different signals.
Scope, deliverables, responsibilities and timing are agreed for each engagement.
No. Inclusion and presentation are controlled by third-party systems. The work should be scoped around improvements we can make and evidence we can actually observe.
The handover should make the next decision easier. Depending on the agreed scope, that can include:
The products and questions that matter commercially, plus accurate source material for your claims.
No. Useful, accessible content and established search fundamentals remain the foundation. Google does not require special AI markup or an AI text file for its AI search features.
Individual answers can change. Use a consistent observation method and keep its limitations visible. Where referral data exists, examine it separately from mentions and citations.
No. Third-party systems decide inclusion and presentation. The scope should focus on work we can deliver and observations we can substantiate.
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