What makes content citable by AI?

Self-contained passages that answer one question specifically, ideally with something only you can provide.

Self-containment is the base requirement. If a paragraph needs three earlier sections to make sense, it cannot be lifted into an answer. Each section should stand alone.

Specificity is the differentiator. Concrete figures, precise claims, and dated statements add something to an answer; generalities do not.

Originality is the strongest signal. A benchmark you ran, a survey you conducted, or data only you hold must be attributed to you, because it exists nowhere else.

Format helps the rest along: question-shaped headings, answer-first paragraphs, and tables for comparative facts.

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