Is the FIF Protocol based on confirmed Google ranking factors?

No. The FIF Protocol is based on structural principles described in four US patents filed by or assigned to Google. We do not claim patent compliance directly causes higher rankings.

What score does linkdaddy.com achieve on its own FIF Protocol?

93 out of 100. We publish our own score publicly because we believe you should only take infrastructure advice from someone whose own infrastructure is exemplary.

What is the average FIF score for a WordPress site?

Between 22 and 45 out of 100. Primary causes: poor internal link architecture, zero schema markup, low text-to-HTML ratio from page builders, and no external entity corroboration.

The FIF Protocol — Patent-Compliant GEO Audit

A 47-point forensic audit measuring your website's compliance with four foundational US patents describing how Google evaluates authority, relevance, and trustworthiness.

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What Is the FIF Protocol?

The FIF Protocol is a proprietary audit methodology developed by Tony Peacock, founder of LinkDaddy® LLC. It measures website compliance with the four US patents that most directly describe how Google's core systems evaluate pages. Most websites score between 20 and 45 out of 100. A score below 60 means your site has structural weaknesses that actively suppress your visibility — in traditional search and in AI-powered search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. The audit is delivered as part of the AI Visibility Blueprint — a complete diagnostic and remediation package.

Average website score: 28/100 — linkdaddy.com score: 93/100

The Four Patents Behind the FIF Protocol

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PageRank — Link Graph Authority

How your internal link architecture distributes authority. Orphan pages, dead-end nodes, nav bloat, and weak hub-and-spoke structure all reduce your effective PageRank. Most sites lose 40–60% of their potential authority through poor link graph architecture.

FIF weight: 30% of total score

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Reasonable Surfer — Semantic Proximity

How likely a real user is to click each internal link based on its placement, context, and relevance. Links buried in footers, generic anchor text, and CTAs placed after the fold all score lower. High-probability links placed in the natural reading flow score highest.

FIF weight: 25% of total score

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Graph Distance — Knowledge Graph Proximity

How many hops your site is from trusted seed nodes in Google's Knowledge Graph. Schema markup, entity clarity, sameAs references, and external identity corroboration all reduce your graph distance. Sites with zero schema markup are structurally isolated from the Knowledge Graph.

FIF weight: 25% of total score

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E-E-A-T & Information Gain

How much unique, decision-enabling information your pages provide beyond what already exists. Generic content, thin pages, and templated copy score near zero. Pages with specific data, original methodology, and author entity signals score highest.

FIF weight: 20% of total score

How the FIF Score Is Calculated

Scoring Formula

Link Graph (US6285999B1)× 0.30

Semantic Proximity (US7716216)× 0.25

Knowledge Graph (US9165040B1)× 0.25

Information Gain (US12536223B1)× 0.20

= FIF Protocol Score (0–100)

Score Interpretation

90–100

Exceptional

High coherence, low friction, citation-ready

75–89

Strong

Clear remedial opportunities

60–74

Partially aligned

Meaningful structural weaknesses

40–59

Inefficient

Material crawl and UX issues

0–39

Structurally weak

Fragmented or high-friction

linkdaddy.com: 93/100

What the FIF Protocol Audits

Semantic Proximity

·CTA placement
·Above-fold content ratio
·Primary entity clarity
·H1/title alignment
·Section header hierarchy
·Entity clustering
·Semantic distance
·Reading flow
·Link context
·Next-hop signal strength

Knowledge Graph

·Schema markup presence
·Schema type accuracy
·JSON-LD validity
·sameAs references
·Person entity
·Organization entity
·BreadcrumbList
·FAQPage
·ImageObject
·Speakable
·External corroboration
·Wikidata eligibility

Information Gain

·Content specificity
·Unique data points
·Process clarity
·Differentiators
·Proof elements
·Author entity
·E-E-A-T signals
·Low-value filler ratio

Technical Structure

·Text-to-HTML ratio
·Core Web Vitals
·Canonical tags
·Robots directives
·Sitemap inclusion

What a FIF Audit Delivers

BEFORE

Average score 28/100. Orphan pages losing authority. Zero schema markup. Generic content scoring near zero for information gain. Invisible to AI search engines.

THE AUDIT

47-point forensic analysis. Scored report against all four patents. Prioritised remediation blueprint. Typical turnaround: 5–7 business days.

AFTER

Prioritised fix list ordered by impact. Clear implementation instructions. Score improvement roadmap. Average client improvement: 28 to 74 points.

Get Your FIF Protocol Audit

$999

✓Full 47-point FIF Protocol compliance audit
✓Scored report against all four US patents
✓Prioritised remediation blueprint
✓Executive summary for non-technical stakeholders
✓30-minute walkthrough call with Tony Peacock
✓Delivered within 5–7 business days

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