Issue library · 3 trust and evidence checks
Help readers identify who is responsible, when content was reviewed, and which evidence supports important claims.
Show who is responsible for substantial content, when freshness matters, and where important factual claims come from. Use real attribution and sources only.
Readers need enough context to judge whether advice is current, accountable, and verifiable. These signals support trust but do not guarantee ranking or citation.
Long-form content has no visible or metadata responsibility signal.
Identify the real person or organization responsible when authorship helps readers assess the page.
Confirm the byline is visible, truthful, and consistent with schema.
No published or modified date was captured on substantial content.
Show a date when freshness affects the answer, and update it only after a real review.
Compare visible and structured dates and confirm they describe the same event.
Long-form content has no external sources or citation elements.
Link claims that need verification to current primary or authoritative sources.
Open each source and confirm it directly supports the nearby claim.