The standard
The standard is the fixed set of checks every Searchlings draft must pass before publishing: word count range, keyword frequency, link accuracy, sentence and comma limits, banned clichés, and repeated-phrase detection. A draft either passes all checks or is rejected with numbered reasons.
What gets checked
- Word count against the range set for that piece.
- Keyword frequency against a target range, in both directions. Too few is a miss; too many is stuffing.
- Link accuracy. Every link is followed. A link that does not resolve fails the draft.
- Sentence and comma limits. Long sentences are where meaning goes to hide.
- Banned clichés. A maintained list of phrases that add nothing.
- Repeated phrasing. The same construction used three times reads as filler.
Passed or rejected, nothing in between
There is no “passed with notes”. A draft either meets every check or it comes back with numbered reasons and goes to the back of the queue. This is the point of the standard: a threshold that can be argued about in advance is not a threshold.
The standard is the same on every plan
There is no plan where checking is optional or reduced. The only thing plans change is how much work runs, not how carefully it is checked.
The standard itself is reviewed by a human on our team, continuously. The checks are mechanical; deciding what belongs in them is not.