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Area 5 of 10 in the UltimateSEO Framework v4.3

Retrieval and usability

Whether people and retrieval systems can find and use what a page offers. It covers the main answer and utility first, titles and snippets, headings, clear entities, tables, stable URLs, internal links, accessible controls, overlays, images, video, consistent facts across formats, honest structured data, entity identifiers, product and local facts, AI markup myths and agent-assisted transactions. 2 of the 18 are hard gates: a confirmed FAIL on any of them stops publication until it is fixed. The scan checks 13 automatically, gives a partial signal for 2 and needs your evidence for 3.

Controls
18
Hard gates
2
Automated checks
13

Every Retrieval and usability control, with priority, hard gates and how it is checked

Automated the scan can produce pass or fail evidence on its own. Partly automated the crawl gives a signal, a person decides. Needs your evidence Search Console, logs, business facts or reviews are required; the state stays UNKNOWN until you supply them.

IDControlPriorityChecked by
R-01Confirm intent and present the main answer earlyP1Automated
R-02Place the primary utility before fillerP1Needs your evidence
R-03Align title, snippet and page promiseP1Automated
R-04Use headings for real information structureP1Automated
R-05Make critical entity references unambiguousP1Automated
R-06Use tables for genuinely comparable informationP1Automated
R-07Keep URLs stable and intentionally structuredP2Automated
R-08Support important resources with contextual internal linksP1Automated
R-09Use semantic and accessible interactive controlsP1Automated
R-10Avoid intrusive overlays and obstructed contentP1Automated
R-11Use relevant images with accurate metadataP2Automated
R-12Make video useful and discoverableP2Needs your evidence
R-13Keep text, images, video, feeds and markup consistentP1Automated
R-14Represent reality in structured data Hard gateP0Partly automated
R-15Use coherent entity identifiers and genuine profile relationshipsP2Automated
R-16Synchronise product and local facts across page, schema and feedsP1Automated
R-17Do not impose unsupported AI markup or chunking ritualsP1Partly automated
R-18Make agent-assisted transactions explicit and reversible where possible Hard gateP0Needs your evidence

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