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Quality signals → Unique value

Unique value

Google ranks the original, not the duplicate — and "duplicate" means duplicated value, not just copied text. If ten pages give the same CRM definition and the same feature list, only the one adding something new deserves to rank. WBP scores unique value on four weighted dimensions and enforces a hard threshold on every programmatic page.
TL;DR: Differentiation Score = Info uniqueness 35% + Original research 25% + Structural uniqueness 20% + Perspective 20%. Programmatic pages require a minimum of 40/100 and an information density of ≥1.0 facts per 100 words.

1. What unique value actually means

Uniqueness is not synonymy. Rewriting a competitor's article in your own words is a plagiarism-detector pass and a Google demotion. Uniqueness is judged against the content graph of the SERP: what information already exists, and what did you add that changes the conclusion.

For programmatic templates this is uncomfortable — the whole point of a template is that pages share structure. But the template can share the shape while every row carries genuinely different substance.

2. The four differentiation dimensions

Information uniqueness — 35%

Facts, data points and specifics not present in the top ten organic results. The largest single lever.

Original research — 25%

First-hand data: benchmarks you ran, surveys you commissioned, prices you checked yourself, screenshots you took.

Structural uniqueness — 20%

Widgets, comparison tables, calculators, filterable lists — content shapes competitors don't have.

Perspective — 20%

A stated opinion, ranking, or recommendation. Neutral wiki-style summaries score zero here.

3. Information density thresholds

Density is measured in facts per 100 words — where a "fact" is any specific number, date, name, price, spec or quantifiable claim.

  • Very low: <0.5 — reads like fluff. Auto-flagged for rewrite.
  • Low: 0.5–1.0 — below the programmatic threshold. Blocked from publish.
  • Medium: 1.0–2.0 — passes. Typical for well-researched pages.
  • High: 2.0–3.0 — reference-quality density.
  • Very high: >3.0 — often too dense to be readable. Diminishing returns.

4. What we don't do

  • We do not treat plagiarism-detector pass as uniqueness. Rewriting is not adding value.
  • We do not use AI-generated FAQ blocks with no source citation.
  • We do not pad word count to hit an arbitrary length. Density > length.
  • We do not publish pages that fail the 40/100 threshold — the gate is hard, not advisory.

5. How WBP enforces uniqueness

Every WBP template declares its entity contract — the entities that must appear on every generated page for the template to be considered complete. The Content Generation Engine will refuse to save a row that fails the contract.

First-hand data fields are marked required in the dataset schema. Rows missing a first-hand field never enter the publish queue.

The Better Rank plugin runs a nightly diff between your published page and the top three organic results, surfacing rows where your content is now substitutable — so you can add the missing angle before the ranking system does the demotion for you.

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