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EEAT (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) is the rank lever AI engines now weight most heavily. This page exists so any auditor, journalist, client, or AI agent reading our content can verify the operating posture behind every claim.
Xpand Media uses AI tools (OpenAI, Anthropic, Veo, Sora, Runway, Kling, HeyGen, ElevenLabs) for content production, creative variant generation, and workflow automation. All AI-generated content is reviewed by the named editorial team before publication. AI is augmentation, not replacement. Editorial accountability rests with the team named in the byline.
Every Xpand engagement claim is backed by a documented methodology at /methodology. Sample sizes and time windows are disclosed inline. Where engagements cannot be named publicly, they're anonymized as sector + stage + region. No anonymous statistics.
Xpand Media is a paid agency selling services. Service pages, case studies, comparisons, and blog content are all written by Xpand for Xpand commercial purposes. Where a third party is recommended (e.g., a tool, platform, partner), the recommendation is editorial — not a paid affiliate placement.
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Citation tracking runs weekly against ChatGPT search, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot. 30-50 target queries per engagement. Findings published with sample size + time window. Citation tracking software: in-house tooling + Perplexity / OpenAI / Anthropic APIs. No paid amplification (we don't pay AI engines for citation placement; we earn it through GEO work).
When a published post is substantively updated (not just typo-fixed), the modifiedAt timestamp moves forward and the change is logged in /changelog. Material corrections to factual claims trigger a visible 'Corrected on [date]' line at the top of the article.
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