Verify Achievements Are Evidenced Not Just Claimed

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Audits every expertise and results claim on the site for attached proof – links, photos, screenshots, named sources – converting assertions into E-E-A-T evidence.

Category: Website QA Audit

Use this when running Layer 3 (Authority & Trust Checks) of the Website QA Audit – "award-winning" and "trusted by hundreds" mean nothing without something a visitor can check.

Inputs

  • Site URL (about page, homepage, and bio sections are the claim hotspots)
  • The owner's actual proof inventory: press links, podcast/talk recordings, certifications, review platform profiles, real metrics
  • The audit report/spreadsheet for logging results

Steps

  1. Sweep the site and list every achievement claim: years in business, jobs completed, awards, certifications, media features, "as seen on" logos, revenue/results numbers.
  2. For each claim, check for attached evidence on the page: a link to the source, a photo of the award or jobsite, a screenshot of the metric or review, a named publication with a working link.
  3. Fail unevidenced claims – especially logo walls that don't link to the actual feature, and round-number boasts with no source.
  4. Verify the evidence itself: click press links (the article must actually mention the owner), and confirm certificates and review counts are current.
  5. For every failed claim, pair it with the proof to add from the owner's inventory – or flag it for removal if no proof exists.
  6. Log the claim-to-evidence table in the audit report.

Definition of done (QA checklist)

  • 100% of achievement claims on the site carry attached, working evidence – zero naked claims, zero logos without linked features
  • Claims with no obtainable proof removed rather than left unsupported
  • Claim-to-evidence table logged in the audit report, linked back to /website-qa-audit

Example(s)

  • Example needed – run the Meta-Article Prompt after first real run.

File in the zip: skills/website-qa-audit/verify-achievements-are-evidenced-not-just-claimed.md. Download the Task Library zip.

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