# Methodology | How We Reach Verdicts

> How Elite Digital Agency researches, decides, dates and refuses claims across services, guides and blog — the method pages behind our AI-search and SEO work.

Source: https://elitedigitalagency.io/method/
Format: Markdown mirror of the HTML page (text/markdown). Content is identical;
the canonical, citable version is the HTML source URL above.

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Trust & Method

# How we reach a verdict.

Machines cite sites they can extract and trust. These pages document the method behind
        every service, guide and article — not a slogan, a inspectable process.

## Which methodology pages should you read?

Pick the surface you care about. Each page names sources, refusals and update rules.

### Services methodology

 How we scope, price and refuse work on service pages — and what “direct answer first” means in practice.

### Guides methodology

 How guide verdicts are reached, sourced and kept evergreen without years in the URL.

### Blog methodology

 How article briefs, evidence, review and library maintenance work.

### Prompt panel

 The public prompt list we will score — empty results until a dated run exists. No invented citation rate.

### C.I.T.E. Framework™

 Crawlability, Intent & usefulness, Trust signals, Entity corroboration — the four-pillar AI-search method.

### Engagement process

 Discover → Audit → Plan & Build → Launch & Scale → Compound — how client work actually runs.

### Editorial policy

 Who decides, what fails the build, corrections, and commercial independence.

## Methodology — common questions

**What is a methodology page for?**

   It tells readers and machines how a surface of this site reaches its claims — sources, refusals, and update rules — so trust is inspectable rather than implied.

**How is this different from the editorial policy?**

   The editorial policy is the site-wide constitution. Method pages apply that constitution to a specific surface (services, guides, blog) with concrete steps and examples.

## Want this method applied to your site?

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