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.
144 of 144 rules
- CON-003 Require information advantage IF the proposed asset only restates widely available material Major
- CON-004 Prefer firsthand evidence where relevant IF the task involves reviews, demonstrations, processes, products, or lived outcomes Major
- CON-005 Make evidence visible IF a claim depends on a source, test, credential, or dataset Minor
- CON-006 State limitations IF evidence has uncertainty, sample limits, conflicts, exceptions, or changing conditions Minor
- CON-007 Avoid arbitrary length targets IF a word count is proposed without a task-based reason Baseline
- CON-008 Govern AI-assisted content IF AI assists research, drafting, transformation, or scale Structural
- CON-009 Require row-level uniqueness at scale IF a template generates pages from a dataset Structural
- CON-010 Use media when it improves the task IF an image, diagram, video, audio, or interactive can explain or demonstrate more effectively Major
- CON-011 Define refresh triggers IF content depends on changing data or conditions Structural
- CON-012 Support commercial pages with useful assets IF a commercial page is important but difficult to cite or insufficient for research-stage users Major
- 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-005 Use headings as answer architecture IF the task has stages, criteria, subquestions, or choices Major
- 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
- 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