Vista AI Authority Engine Documentation
Methodology and Measurement Standards
Transparent documentation for how Vista by Lara evaluates AI discovery readiness, entity clarity, evidence quality, and recommendation visibility.
Framework
AI Authority Score
Current version
v1.0
Last reviewed
2026-07-13
Status
Active · Version controlled
Review status
Internally human reviewed
Reviewing body
Vista by Lara Engineering
Independent external review
Not yet commissioned
Methodology areas
AI Authority Score
The complete scoring framework, weights, and calculation method.
Scoring Categories
All twelve weighted categories, fully documented.
Evaluation Process
The twenty-step pipeline used for every evaluation.
Evidence Standards
The four-tier evidence hierarchy used to weigh claims.
Limitations
What this score does not measure or guarantee.
Version History
Every methodology version and what changed.
References
The official standards and documentation this methodology is built on.
Transparency statement
This methodology is a proprietary evaluation framework developed independently by Vista by Lara. It is not an official score, ranking factor, or metric created, endorsed, or used by Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, Perplexity, or any other third-party platform. It does not guarantee search rankings, AI recommendations, traffic, leads, or revenue. Full limitations are documented on the methodology page.
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