Citability & Evidence

Quantified claims are present

One of 40 checks the scanner runs. This one is worth 4 points inside the Citability & Evidence dimension, which carries 11% of the total score.

What does this check look at?

Body text contains at least 5 numeric claims: percentages, currency amounts, multipliers of the form 3.2x, thousands-separated figures, or raw numbers of five digits or more. A bare four-digit number is not counted, because it is a year far more often than it is a finding.

How do I fix it?

  • Partial pass: Add specific figures. Published GEO research reports the largest visibility gains from statistics and citations.
  • Add concrete numbers to your claims; unsupported assertions are rarely quoted.

Why is it worth 4 points?

Points are relative weights inside a dimension, and a dimension's weight decides how much of the total it can move. The reasoning for this dimension's weight is published rather than asserted:

DimensionCitability & Evidence — 11% of the total score
Points for this check4 of 11 in this dimension
Worth at most4.0 of the 100 points

High and research-driven: this is the dimension most directly tied to measured visibility gains.

What else is measured in this dimension?

How do I see my own result?

Run a scan on your own domain. The report lists every failed check with the evidence that produced it, so you can tell a real failure from a check that does not apply.

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The full method, including the dimensions that are deliberately weighted low and the parts of the picture a single-URL scan cannot see, is on the methodology page.