Glossary · Content & Optimization
Content Depth
How thoroughly a piece of content covers a topic — the range of subtopics, questions and edge cases it addresses, not just its word count.
Why length alone isn't the signal
A long page that restates the same point repeatedly isn't deep. Depth is about genuinely covering the range of questions a reader — or a model synthesizing an answer — would actually have about a topic.
Why it matters for citation
When a model is deciding which source to draw from for a detailed answer, a page that actually addresses the specific sub-question at hand is more useful to cite than one that only touches the topic broadly.
See more terms in the full glossary, or read the AI Visibility 101 guide for the full picture.