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AI visibility measurement guide · By Yes AI

Keep a source register for your public business facts

Your website may describe the same business in several places, while staff hold the supporting facts elsewhere. A source register connects public statements with the people and records that support them. Use it to check service details before publishing, without assuming consistent wording guarantees search visibility or AI recommendations.

Choose the facts customers need to decide

Start with contact details, services offered, service areas and the process for making an enquiry. Add claims about qualifications, experience or capabilities where the business publishes them. Keep each entry specific enough to check. A statement that the business serves a region needs different evidence from a statement that it maintains an office there. Avoid collecting every sentence of website copy into the register. Focus on facts that could change a customer decision or lead them to contact the wrong place.

Link each fact to its supporting record

Identify the approved record or responsible person that establishes the detail. That might be an owner-approved service list or a current business contact record. Store internal evidence through the business normal access process. A public page can summarise an approved fact without exposing confidential supporting material. Do not use an older website page as the only source for a claim simply because it already contains the desired wording. Record what was actually checked and when.

Separate public wording from internal detail

Write the approved public statement beside the supporting reference. Include qualifications that affect its meaning, such as a service available only after an assessment. Keep estimates, aspirations and established facts distinct. If the business has not confirmed a response time, the register should show that the detail is unresolved rather than create a target for the website. The owner decides what the business can promise; the content process preserves that decision in readable language.

Resolve conflicting versions through an owner

When the website, a directory and a staff document disagree, identify which source is authoritative for that fact. Record the discrepancy and the owner decision. Do not assume the newest page is correct or that a frequently repeated statement has been verified. Once the owner confirms the fact, list the public locations that need correction. Keep an unresolved item visible instead of allowing several teams to choose different answers while updating their own pages.

Rehearse a fictional service-area correction

In a fictional business, the home page says the company serves an entire state while the owner currently accepts work in selected regions. The reviewer records the discrepancy and obtains the approved coverage description. Staff update the service page and enquiry guidance using that wording, without inventing additional office locations. The register links the correction to the owner decision. This improves the reliability of the public information; it does not establish how an external search service will use it.

Maintain the register when the business changes

Assign review responsibility when a service, location or contact arrangement changes. Record which pages and controlled profiles use the fact so corrections can be checked after publication. Keep previous wording where needed to explain a change, but clearly identify the current version. Review unresolved entries at an agreed interval. A useful register helps staff answer where a statement came from and whether it still applies, without treating a past approval as permanent evidence.

Before you approve the workflow

  • Material facts have approved sources and owners.
  • Service coverage is separate from physical office presence.
  • Public wording preserves relevant conditions.
  • Changes identify the public locations needing review.

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Plan an evidence-led AI visibility review

Describe your business category, service area and the questions buyers ask. We can discuss a repeatable visibility baseline and which public content needs review. Keep customer records and confidential information out of this enquiry.