ai_formatting

Tips for structuring your content for AI scrubbing.

At the time of writing this, the trajectory of AI is unkown. However, the following tips will help you write articles that are informative and helpful to people first. And that’s a win.

Just as a writer. Not a developer.

Formatting your info like this makes it, supposedly, easier for

quality content wins

helpful, accurate still wins

helpful content from a trusted source

• Authority matters (how can you build authority?)
  • you want to be mentioned
• E-E-A-T = experience, expertise, authoritativeness, trustworthiness
• user intent is key
• you want to be quotable
• get people to link to you
• create supporting content
• keywords in headings
• BACKLINKS
• conversational content; be specific “2 week thailand itinerary for couples”
• FAQ, how-to, and review schemas for AI parsing (add schemas?)
• answer directly (lead with clear recommendations, then elaborate)
• mix and match content types
• USE ORIGINAL DATA
• use expert quotes and credentials
• cite other statistics and sources
• question-based headers
• 40-60 word direct answers
• self-contained chunks
• FAQ sections
• schema markup everywhere
• natural language everywhere/natural language headers
• author credentials (how?)
• query-matching headers***
• data-rich content (use stats and quotes…. this is basic persuasion stuff)

bottom line: it should be as helpful as possible to people; scannable, self-contained, reads well aloud

• write questions as a user would ask

use semantic cues. this is just decent writing. don’t be a robot. READ IT ALOUD.

• tell your brand’s story!

Brand VOICE is important. Make it sound like it’s all coming from the same place.

try alsoasked.com

get real questions from real people that really know!

Use question headings people would actually ask like “do polarized sunglasses block blue light?” vs “the magic of modern eyewear.” Use alsoasked to find real-world phrasing.

robots.txt config User-agent: GPTBot Allow: /

add yoast. watch ssome tutorials. jsust do it.

display author bylines ,credentials, and dates. link to high-authority sources

write clearly and assertively

build glossaries and definition pages. each term has a self-contained explanation with clear, authoritative language

IMPLEMENT SCHEMAS