What is Fact-Checking?
Verifying statistics, URLs, dates, and attributions against original publications before shipping. Citation hubs live or die on this step: one wrong number poisons every page that quotes you.
Related terms
CITED Framework
A checklist for citable content: Claims stated plainly, Independent corroboration, Timeliness with dates, Expertise with bylines, and Data with sources. Each element removes one reason an engine might skip you.
Quotable Sentence
A self-contained factual sentence an engine or writer can lift verbatim: named subject, active verb, concrete object or number. Quotable sentences are the atomic unit of citation readiness.
Hallucination
When a model states something false with confidence, usually from parametric memory without grounding. Grounded, cited answers hallucinate less, which is why engines prefer quotable sources.
On-Page SEO
Optimizing individual pages: titles, headings, content depth, internal links, images, and schema. On-page work decides relevance once technical SEO has made the page reachable.
Title Tag
The clickable headline in search results and the strongest on-page relevance signal. Google rewrites most titles, so clarity and completeness beat rigid length rules.
Meta Description
The optional summary that can become the result snippet. Absence is not a penalty and Google rewrites most descriptions, so prioritize valuable pages where controlled wording earns clicks.