METHODOLOGY + EVIDENCE STANDARDS

A finding should survivethe customer's product expert.

Evidiam uses a conservative evidence standard designed to reject ambiguous product claims, sibling-model transfers, stale authority, and circular AI validation.

OBSERVATIONCaptured buyer answer + test conditions
CONTROLExact-SKU authoritative record
GATESIdentity · authority · materiality · repeatability
OUTPUTReviewed finding
THE SIX-PHASE METHOD

Truth first. Testing second.

The controlling product record is established independently before buyer-facing AI answers are evaluated. The tested system is not given the answer or source it is expected to find.

  1. 01

    Scope

    Select the products, markets, buyer journeys, competitors, platforms, and material claim classes in scope.

  2. 02

    Establish truth

    Build authoritative exact-SKU records, preserving source hierarchy, effective dates, and configuration boundaries.

  3. 03

    Test

    Run natural buyer questions without revealing expected values, while recording the interface, web-search state, prompt, date, and other observable conditions.

  4. 04

    Classify

    Separate correct answers, cautious answers, unsupported claims, source conflicts, verified AI errors, and visibility gaps.

  5. 05

    Review

    Apply exact-model, current-authority, materiality, and repeatability gates before a finding is customer-facing.

  6. 06

    Retest

    Repeat the same buyer journeys after corrections and monitor future changes in answers and sources.

REPEATABILITY STANDARD

One captured answer is an observation, not a market claim.

AI answers can vary by wording, interface, retrieval mode, session, location, and model update. Evidiam escalates language only as the evidence becomes more repeatable.

01Observed

A response was captured once under documented conditions. It is retained for review, not presented as representative.

02Reproduced

The same material outcome appeared again under the same defined test conditions.

03Cross-prompt

The outcome persisted across more than one realistic buyer phrasing without leading the tested system.

04Cross-platform

The same issue or visibility pattern appeared on more than one buyer-facing AI platform.

05Verified material finding

Exact-SKU authority, materiality, captured evidence, and the applicable repeatability gates all pass review.

THE TEST RECORD

Enough context to understand what was actually observed.

Each retained result connects the buyer question to the environment in which the answer appeared.

01Exact prompt and buyer-journey purpose

02AI platform, interface, retrieval or web-search state, and exposed model information

03Date, market or region when observable, response text, citations, and source URLs

04Product identity, controlling evidence, materiality decision, reviewer, and retest history

FINDING CLASSIFICATION

Precise language protects credibility.

Not every discrepancy is an AI error, and not every absence is a visibility failure. Each result is assigned the narrowest defensible classification.

CLASSIFICATIONWHAT IT MEANSCUSTOMER ACTION
Verified AI error

A captured affirmative claim contradicts controlling exact-SKU evidence.

Correct the source ecosystem and monitor the answer.
Source-data conflict

Two buyer-visible sources publish incompatible product claims.

Reconcile and remove ambiguity.
Visibility gap

A qualified product is absent from a defined buyer journey.

Improve product coverage and supporting evidence.
Citation-control gap

The answer relies on stale, indirect, or third-party sources.

Strengthen authoritative retrieval paths.
Insufficient evidence

The available record does not justify a definitive conclusion.

Escalate to the manufacturer or exclude.
WHAT WE DO NOT CLAIM

Optimization without mythology.

AI answers are variable and no vendor controls every response. Evidiam measures observable outcomes, improves the information environment, and reports what changed.

01We do not describe a public-source discrepancy as an AI error without a captured response.

02We do not present a one-time answer as a repeatable pattern.

03We do not use facts from one model, sibling product, or configuration to correct another.

04We do not infer certification, safety, or compatibility from the absence of evidence.

05We do not promise a guaranteed ranking or recommendation from an AI platform.

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