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# Quotability

> Quotability is the degree to which a page gives an AI system a clear, self-contained sentence it can lift and attribute when answering a query.

*Core concept* · *Content Strategy*

## Definition

Quotability is the degree to which a page gives an AI system a clear, self-contained sentence it can lift and attribute. A quotable passage states one idea plainly, holds up out of context, and names the thing it describes. When a model scans a page for something to cite, quotability is what it is scanning for.

## Why It Matters for AI Search

An assistant answers by lifting sentences it can stand behind. Quotability is one of the three measures that decide whether a model puts a name in an answer, alongside topical authority and entity confidence. A page can rank well and still never get quoted, because nothing on it reads as a clean, attributable claim. Short declarative sentences, defined terms, and passages that answer one question at a time are what raise it. The work is writing pages that hand a model the sentence, which is the aim of [citation-ready content](https://www.platelunchcollective.com/services/citation-ready-content).

## Related Terms

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  <Card title="Passage ranking" href="/ai-search-glossary/passage-ranking">See also</Card>
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