Each factor is scored 0/1/2 — fail / partial / pass. The composite score is normalized to 100. We have found that pages scoring 80+ are cited at roughly 4x the rate of pages scoring under 50, controlling for backlinks and ranking position.
The scoring is the same one our public AI Citability Checker uses. Run any URL through it for an instant audit.
Yes — we have correlated scores against citation share for 3,000+ URLs across 60+ client domains. Above 80 = high citation likelihood. Under 50 = rarely cited.
Answer-first opening + Article schema together account for the largest share of variance. Fix those two first if you have to triage.
Rarely worth it. Anything above 90 is typically diminishing returns. 80+ is the sweet spot.
Correlated but not identical. The factors that drive AI citation overlap heavily with Google quality signals, so the score is a useful proxy — but it is built for AI specifically.