Why one answer fails
Answers vary with prompt wording, market, time, model, retrieval index, availability, and source set. A screenshot omits the denominator.
Minimum protocol
- five to twenty-five fixed buyer prompts
- at least three scheduled observation dates
- exact locale and language
- refreshed expected facts before every run
- completed/error states
- full source URLs
Case reason
The Woobles page showed sold out while structured offers said InStock. An answer captured before and after a stock change cannot be compared unless each run retains its expected availability timestamp.
Report windows
Week 1: 18 completed of 20, 4 mentions, 2 official citations
Week 2: 20 completed of 20, 5 mentions, 2 official citations
Do not report “visibility increased 25%” from four to five mentions without showing the observation count and uncertainty.
Controlled change
Change one evidence class at a time: availability conflict, missing compatibility, canonical, or internal link. Record deployments separately from provider observations.
Acceptance criteria
Every trend contains prompt version, date range, completion rate, mention denominator, citation denominator, product-fact refresh date, and limitations.
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