Matan · GEO · Citations
Quotations (GEO)
Attributed <blockquote> or <q> elements mark third-party speech.
Pass condition in our engine: At least one <blockquote> or <q> is present.
This GEO check is part of SEO-GEO scoring 2.2.1, last updated 2026-09-18. About 90 percent of the evaluation runs on the HTML we crawl, so you can verify the same pass condition with a free report.
1. Problem description
Models treat blockquotes as evidence spans. Quotation marks in a <p> are weaker. Always name the speaker in surrounding text or cite tags.
2. Most common causes
- Quotes styled as italic paragraphs.
- Pull quotes in CSS pseudo-elements.
3. How to fix it
- Wrap excerpts in <blockquote> with a citation.
- Link the source next to the quote.
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