geo-citabilitylisted

# AI Citability Scoring Skill ## Core Insight AI language models cite passages that meet specific structural criteria. Research from Princeton, Georgia Tech, and IIT Delhi (2024) found that GEO-optimized content achieves 30-115% higher visibility in AI-generated responses. The key finding: AI systems preferentially extract and cite passages that are **134-167 words long**, **self-contained** (understandable without surrounding context), **fact-rich** (containing specific statistics, dates, or named entities), and **directly answer a question** in the first 1-2 sentences. This is fundamentally different from traditional SEO copywriting, which optimizes for keyword density and user engagement metrics. GEO citability optimizes for **extractability** -- the ease with which an AI system can pull a passage from your content and present it as a direct answer. --- ## Citability Scoring Rubric (0-100) ### Category 1: Answer Block Quality (30% of total score) This measures whether content contains clear, quotable answer passages that AI systems can extract verbatim. **Scoring Criteria:** | Score | Criteria | |---|---| | **90-100** | Every major section opens with a 1-2 sentence direct answer. Uses "X is..." or "X refers to..." patterns. First 40-60 words of each section can stand alone as a complete answer. | | **70-89** | Most sections have clear answer openings. Some definition patterns present. Answers are identifiable but may need minor context. | | **50-69** | Some sectio