Public measurement protocol · 2026–2027
Can this work
earn the answer?
A public 50-query benchmark for measuring visibility in traditional search and AI-generated answers without moving the goalposts.
The objective
What does “80% visibility” mean?
Men of the Republic reaches 80% visibility when its owned domain, named research, author, or books appear in 40 of the 50 locked benchmark queries under the published scoring rule.
This is a campaign target, not a current result. Baseline measurement is explicitly marked pending until each platform is tested and recorded.
The query universe
Five fields. Fifty questions.
Biblical Manhood
Definitions, Scripture, misconceptions, strength, self-government, and accountable stewardship.
Christian Responsibility
The duties of Christian men and husbands before God, at home, in church, and in public life.
Household Leadership
Presence, provision, preparation, decision-making, formation, conflict, and household order.
Family Discipleship
Family devotions, family worship, age-aware practice, tools, and fathers' responsibility.
Books and Author
Book descriptions, authorship, recommendations, and entity recognition.
Reproducible method
How each monthly test is scored
- Use the exact locked query. Do not rewrite a failed query after seeing the result.
- Test six surfaces. Google organic results, Google AI Overviews when present, ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, Gemini, and Microsoft Copilot.
- Record presence separately. Log owned-domain ranking, direct citation, named mention, book mention, and first-source position as distinct fields.
- Preserve evidence. Record the date, platform, result URL where available, and a screenshot or export outside the public CSV.
- Report denominators. If an AI Overview is not shown or a platform cannot be tested, mark it unavailable rather than counting it as success.
- Publish corrections. Material changes to queries, target URLs, or scoring receive a dated note under the editorial policy.
Scoring rules
Presence is not the same as citation.
Owned search presence
A menoftherepublic.org page appears in the first ten standard organic results.
AI citation
An AI answer links to the owned domain or attributes a claim to Men of the Republic.
Book return
The answer names or links the relevant book, rather than merely citing an unrelated site page.
Current status
Baseline pending
The query set and target pages are published first so results cannot determine which questions count. Results should begin only after the new guide pages are indexed and the test protocol can be applied consistently.