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Authority programme
The authority programme is a phased checklist of entity signals — identity, people, topical depth, primary evidence, distribution, off-site corroboration, and AI recognition — measured on the live site and planned off-site, never invented.
It unlocks with Monitor. Scores are checklists with a stated basis: measured, partial, or not measured. Missing inputs lower the basis. They do not fabricate a number.
The binding constraint names the next failing category in a fixed order: entity, then people, then the weaker of topical or primary evidence, then distribution, then off-site, then recognition. That is the next dollar, not a slogan.
We do not fabricate off-site authority. Social consistency is probed. Wikidata output is paste-ready QuickStatements for a human to submit. Outreach becomes verified only when a live URL is re-fetched.
Unlocks with Monitor at $149/mo. Dominate keeps the same profile and adds content cycles that the constraint is meant to sequence.
Instrument: authority_programs entity-chain audit for aeoforged.com, captured 2026-07-06. Verbatim from CATEGORY_POSITIONING §5. Chain history accrues from the weekly monitor.
Concrete artifacts in the client room — not a slogan.
Seven categories, each with a score, a basis, and evidence. An archetype from a rule table — misassociated, greenfield, signature patterns, or established — and the binding constraint.
P0 entity, P1 topical, P2 distribution, P3 external. Advancement is criteria-driven. P3 stays plan-only until you choose to run it. Re-running an audit never demotes a programme.
Organization and Person markup, sameAs links that resolve, and — when you have registered locations — a name/address/phone consistency scan. We measure AI answers and on-page NAP, not Maps pack rankings.
Verified-live placements, linked versus unlinked mentions, and consistent social profiles when those probes have run. Unmeasured legs are labelled not measured.
Measured data
Entity-chain score 29/100 (2 of 7 links verified) at the July 2026 capture — the page-rung gap on category queries.
Verified at capture: ai_recognition, content_authority. Missing then: wikidata, schema_sameas, knowledge_panel, social_profiles, editorial_mentions. Phase 2 shipped live sameAs and disambiguation after that snapshot; re-measurement lands on the chain monitor. On-page work put us on the domain rung; every category query was still uncited in that baseline. Scores are checklists with a stated basis — never a citation guarantee.
Brands that are mis-associated or invisible as an entity, and researchers who want to see whether “authority” is a checklist or a vibe.
For buyers and researchers. Every step is something you can do without taking our word.
Measured AEO vs rebadged SEO
Ask any AEO vendor these questions — including us. Measured AEO answers with instruments and dates. Rebadged SEO answers with keyword coverage and search rank.
Show me a measured citation rate from real answer-engine checks — not search rank — and the engines you checked.
Show me one verified before/after: a page re-scored against a pinned baseline, with a system-granted verified status.
Which entity signals changed, and where is the live evidence they resolve?
Do you record the checks where the brand was not cited?
Who granted “done” — a person, a model, or a re-probe of the live page?
Show me your run-to-run flip rate. If the tool will not publish variance next to the headline rate, the decimals are decoration.
Framework licensed from our category positioning record. No named competitors — demand instruments and negatives, not slogans.
Example from a live programme — not measured from your site.
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