Observational analyses found that a substantial share of AI citations come from the opening section of a page. Evidence confidence: hypothesis, not yet confirmed.

Rule aeo-9332712d826e8fb9 · content_prompt · hypothesis, not yet confirmed

Front-load answers in the first three paragraphs of key content.

Applies to: blog, landing, faq

Hypothesis: the reasoning is published, but no independent evidence confirms it yet. Test it on your own pages before you rely on it.

Why this matters

Observational analyses found that a substantial share of AI citations come from the opening section of a page.

Implementation

Type: template

Anti-pattern

Context-setting introductions before the main answer.

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