Glossary · Answer engines and retrieval

retrieval

The step in which an answer engine selects documents to compose from. Everything a site controls acts here, which is why machine-readable clarity outperforms persuasion.

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answer engine

Answer engines and retrieval

How a generated answer gets made, and what your page is competing for inside it.

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