Comparing Fact Verification Methods for AI-Facing Content
Not all verification methods are equal. We compared five approaches to verifying company facts and measured how each affected LLM trust signals and citation rates.
Methods compared
- Self-attestation (company claims without evidence).
- Domain verification (DNS/email proof of domain ownership).
- Source linking (URLs to authoritative third-party sources).
- Document upload (financial reports, press releases).
- Multi-source corroboration (3+ independent sources confirming the same fact).
Effectiveness ranking
- Multi-source corroboration: highest trust signal, 3.1x citation rate.
- Source linking: strong trust, 2.4x citation rate.
- Domain verification: moderate trust, 1.8x citation rate.
- Document upload: moderate trust, 1.6x citation rate.
- Self-attestation: minimal trust improvement, 1.0x baseline.
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