Decisions
144 rules
Twelve areas, twelve rules each. Every rule is an IF / THEN / ELSE with a primary metric, a guardrail and the LAKA levels it operates at.
12 of 144 rules · clear filters
- GRF-001 Link every priority page IF a page is intended to receive organic visibility Baseline
- GRF-002 Use descriptive anchors IF anchor text is generic and a natural descriptive label is available Minor
- GRF-003 Require user context for links IF a proposed link does not help the reader understand, compare, verify, or take the next step Minor
- GRF-004 Create hubs for navigation needs IF a coherent task family requires users to choose among multiple paths Structural
- GRF-005 Validate supporting assets IF an adjacent question has independent demand, a complete answer, and a useful relationship to a core asset Major
- GRF-006 Reduce excessive depth IF important pages are difficult to reach through internal navigation Structural
- GRF-007 Use strong internal sources deliberately IF an authoritative owned page can naturally support a high-value target Minor
- GRF-008 Keep topical communities coherent IF a link crosses unrelated topic communities without user need Structural
- GRF-009 Make links crawlable IF navigation or internal discovery relies on nonstandard scripted interactions Structural
- GRF-010 Concentrate, do not hoard IF many low-value pages dilute attention and internal graph flow Structural
- GRF-011 Update the graph after migrations IF a page is merged, redirected, renamed, or retired Structural
- GRF-012 Measure paths, not link counts alone IF internal linking is evaluated Baseline