Why it matters
Long paragraphs bury answers; Microsoft lists walls of text among patterns that reduce inclusion in AI answers.
How to fix it
Split into short paragraphs of one idea each, and lead with the key sentence.
References
More ai search rules
void geo reports 41 rules in this category. Generative-engine optimisation: whether AI crawlers that don't run JavaScript see the same content, valid and visible JSON-LD, an explicit AI robots policy, llms.txt, Markdown mirrors and answer-first writing.
answer-firstOpening paragraph doesn't state the answer conciselyno-citationsLong content with no outbound links to sourcesno-statisticsLong content with no quantified factsunstructured-contentLong content with no lists, tables or subheadingsvague-headingsGeneric section headings ("Overview", "More", "Details")markdown-alternateNo working Markdown alternate for this content pagemarkdown-mirror-indexableMarkdown mirror can compete with the HTML page, or diverges from itmarkdown-negotiation-varyAccept: text/markdown negotiation without Vary: Accept