--- title: "Long content with no outbound links to sources (geo/no-citations)" description: "geo/no-citations: In the GEO study (KDD 2024), adding citations was among the most effective methods (+115% visibility for rank-5 sources)." canonical: https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/geo/no-citations lastModified: 2026-09-16 --- # Long content with no outbound links to sources `geo/no-citations` · severity **info** · category AI search · detected by `void geo` and `void audit` ## Why it matters In the GEO study (KDD 2024), adding citations was among the most effective methods (+115% visibility for rank-5 sources). Citations also help readers verify claims. ## How to fix it Link claims to primary sources (specs, docs, studies) inline. ## References - https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.09735 ## More ai search rules `void geo` reports 41 rules in this category. Generative-engine optimisation: whether AI crawlers that don't run JavaScript see the same content, valid and visible JSON-LD, an explicit AI robots policy, llms.txt, Markdown mirrors and answer-first writing. - `article-author-missing` Article author missing or malformed — [geo/article-author-missing](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/geo/article-author-missing) - `landmarks` Missing
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