Content · Original finding

Pages with three or more verifiable facts per 500 words showed materially higher citation rates than fact-sparse counterparts in our 2026 audit set.

We split 60 pages into a fact-dense cohort (≥3 facts per 500 words) and a fact-sparse cohort (<3). The dense cohort was cited on 42% of probed queries; the sparse cohort on 19%.

Methodology

Manual fact-counting (years, currency, percentages, durations, named regulators) across 60 service-page samples; LLM probe on a 25-query basket.

Limits of this finding

Correlation, not causation. Fact-dense pages tend also to be longer and better internally linked.

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