AI can't see your images. It reads the markup around them. A product photo with alt="image1.jpg" tells AI nothing. A figure with a descriptive figcaption and 8-word alt text tells AI exactly what it's looking at - and that context feeds directly into citation decisions.

You want AI engines to cite your content. But have you actually told them they're allowed to? Most sites haven't -and AI systems default to conservative behavior.

AI engines distrust content that makes claims without explaining how those claims were derived. "Our product is rated #1" means nothing without methodology. "We tested 12 platforms over 6 weeks using 4 criteria" means everything. Methodology Transparency measures whether your content shows the process behind its conclusions.

AI engines don't read your article top to bottom. They scan headings, grab the first 1-2 sentences underneath, and move on. If those sentences are throat-clearing preamble instead of a direct answer - you just lost a citation to someone who leads with the point.