Write pages an AI answer can quote

How to do it

Bing's guidelines ask for key information near the top, facts and definitions stated outright, and entities named clearly and consistently. They also ask that important information be visible on the page and not depend on other pages. A quoted passage is cut from its page, so "as mentioned above" leaves the reader lost. The same applies to Markdown copies for agents, as Put the answer first in every Markdown copy says. Use names as Use one name for each thing in every agent file says.

Examples

JavaScript example

const words = page.firstParagraph.split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean).length;
assert.ok(words <= 60, `${page.path}: opening has ${words} words`);
assert.ok(!/as mentioned above|see above|see below/i.test(page.text), `${page.path}: text points elsewhere`);

Python example

words = len(page.first_paragraph.split())
assert words <= 60, f"{page.path}: opening has {words} words"
assert not re.search(r"as mentioned above|see above|see below", page.text, re.I), f"{page.path}: text points elsewhere"

How to check

A build test reads every mapped page. The first paragraph after the h1 has at most 60 words, and no page contains "as mentioned above", "see above" or "see below".

Sources

• Bing Webmaster Guidelines

Related rules

• WEB-261 Put the answer first in every Markdown copy in Website
• WEB-256 Use one name for each thing in every agent file in Website