Guidance describes question-shaped headings as helping map user prompts to retrievable sections in conversational search. Evidence confidence: hypothesis, not yet confirmed.
Rule aeo-002 · content_template · hypothesis, not yet confirmed
Use question-shaped H2/H3 headings that match how buyers ask (not clever labels only).
Applies to: blog, faq, landing
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
Guidance describes question-shaped headings as helping map user prompts to retrievable sections in conversational search.
Implementation
Type: template
Anti-pattern
Vague section titles like 'Overview' with no query intent.
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