A · Documented
A rule published by the organisation controlling the platform, an official standard or directly verifiable data.
Evidence system
A claim should disclose its confidence level.
The language of certainty must match the available material. Platform documentation, a controlled experiment and a SERP observation do not support the same conclusion.
Independent No affiliation Primary sources Updated 12 August 2026
Scale
Four evidence levels
Each level supports a different degree of certainty.
B · Measured
A published protocol with date, scope, sample, repetitions and limitations.
C · Observed
A behaviour seen in a sample, useful for designing a test but insufficient to prove causality.
D · Hypothesis
A plausible mechanism to test, never presented as a ranking or citation rule.
Independence
Conflicts and commercial influence
No affiliation does not eliminate every bias, so the rules remain explicit.
No affiliation
Tools and publishers do not pay for inclusion. Resource links are not affiliate links.
No paid ranking
A brand, tool or partner cannot purchase a badge, score or position in research.
Attributed contributions
Accepted external contributions will be attributed, reviewed and separated from editorial content.
Reuse
Machine-readable evidence assets
Public files are designed to be auditable by people and machines.
JSON index
Structured inventory of research, dates, statuses and URLs.
Open JSON →CSV data
Exact collection status of the four exploratory benchmark runs.
Download CSV →BibTeX references
Reusable references for the current research corpus.
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