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Extractability
The property of a page that lets an answer engine lift a clean, attributable answer from it. Driven by direct phrasing, short sentences, definitional structure, and answer-shaped blocks (Q→A, term→definition, step→step). The inverse of brochure copy. Audited per page; rewritten where the gap explains a missed citation.
Extractability is the second of the two big levers in the Answer Engine's weight profile, after entity graph health. It measures how easily an LLM can lift a coherent, attributable sentence or paragraph off a page and surface it as an answer.
Extractable copy shares four traits: direct phrasing over hedged claims, short sentences over compound ones, definitional structure (term → definition; question → answer; step → step), and answer-shaped blocks at the top of relevant content. The inverse — brochure copy that asserts greatness without explaining it — is invisible to the same engines.
Measured per page, against the prompt set the audit runs through the engines. Where a page should be cited and isn't, extractability is often the reason — and the fix is hours of editing, not weeks of rebuilding.
- Answer Extractability
- Content Extractability
- LLM Extractability
See Extractability measured in your domain — the Three-Engine audit.
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