Use headings as answer architecture
- Major
- IF
- OR
- THEN
- ELSE
The decision
- IF
- the task has stages, criteria, subquestions, or choices
- THEN
- structure headings around those information functions
- ELSE
- use a simple hierarchy
- Primary metric
- section-level task coverage
- Guardrail
- heading keyword stuffing
- Reason
- Makes the decision explicit, measurable, and reversible where possible.
- LAKA levels
- Major
- Operators
- IF
- OR
- THEN
- ELSE
- Governs gates
- none directly
- Source
- 04-IF-ELSE-AND-OR-RULEBOOK.md — ONP-005 — Use headings as answer architecture
The other eleven rules in On-page and Search Appearance
- ONP-001 Align the title with the task IF the title does not clearly identify the page’s dominant task or value Minor
- ONP-002 Use unique titles for unique canonicals IF two intended indexable canonical pages use materially duplicate titles Minor
- ONP-003 Measure title changes causally IF a title or snippet is changed Minor
- ONP-004 Write descriptions for decision support IF the result snippet can help users determine relevance Minor
- ONP-006 Write natural body language IF required concepts, entities, attributes, and relations are missing Major
- ONP-007 Reject keyword stuffing IF repetition exists primarily to influence ranking rather than aid comprehension Minor
- ONP-008 Describe meaningful images IF an image communicates information or functions as a link/control Minor
- ONP-009 Optimize new URLs, protect old ones IF a page has not launched Minor
- ONP-010 Use structured data only when applicable IF a supported structured-data type accurately represents visible page content Major
- ONP-011 Measure rich-result realization IF structured data validates successfully Baseline
- ONP-012 Adjust CTR expectations IF CTR is evaluated Baseline
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