GEO / AI
Best practices — arXiv 2311.09735
Why prefer attributed figures to vague wording?
A statement such as “34% of businesses adopted X in 2025, according to this source” is more concrete and citable than “many businesses are adopting X.”
Further analysis
Use this entry as an audit checkpoint. The cited source establishes the context; the direct answer identifies what to check before choosing an action.
In SFT, this topic relates to Trust. Check whether the signal is visible on the page, connected to the rest of the website and supported by understandable evidence.
Related search terms include precise figures, attributed statistics. Use them to describe the issue in a brief, audit or answer page.
Applying SFT
Trust requires observable evidence: sources, consistency, citations, identifiable authors and verifiable claims.