Understandability
Understandability
Description
Understandability is the process of optimizing a brand's entire digital ecosystem so that search engines, AI Assistive Engines, and audiences can clearly and consistently comprehend who the brand is, what it does, and who it serves.
The Understandability definition
This is the foundational stage of The Kalicube Process, Kalicube's proprietary methodology for implementing a holistic, brand-first digital marketing strategy with AIEO baked in. Jason Barnard established this phase to address the root cause of poor online representation: algorithmic confusion. Understandability is not about ranking for keywords; it’s about educating algorithms like Google and ChatGPT on the factual reality of your brand. This involves a comprehensive audit of your digital footprint, creating a consistent brand message, and establishing a single source of truth—the Entity Home, a central hub for a brand's identity and authority on the web. Achieving Understandability is the first step to triggering a Knowledge Panel and controlling how you are presented in search results and AI-driven conversations.
How Jason Barnard uses Understandability definition
At Kalicube, Understandability is the mandatory first phase for every client engagement, typically lasting one to three months for personal brands and up to six months for corporate brands. Our "Done-With-You" service starts with a compulsory one-month actioned digital footprint audit to identify and correct all inconsistencies. We then systematically build out the brand’s Entity Home (their primary website) with clear, fact-based content and structured data. The primary KPI for this phase is securing a Google Knowledge Graph Machine ID (KGMID) and a basic Knowledge Panel. By ensuring algorithms have an unambiguous understanding of the client from the start, we lay a stable foundation for all subsequent Credibility and Deliverability work, accelerating their journey toward controlling their brand narrative and driving business results.
Why Understandability matters to digital marketers
For years, SEO experts like Rand Fishkin have emphasized the importance of E-E-A-T signals, focusing on demonstrating expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness. However, Jason Barnard argues that these signals are ineffective if the algorithm is fundamentally confused about *who* the entity is in the first place. This is where Understandability becomes the critical, missing precursor to traditional E-E-A-T. You cannot be seen as an authoritative expert if Google or ChatGPT isn't even sure which 'John Smith' you are. The Kalicube Process operationalizes this insight by making Understandability the first, non-negotiable step. It ensures that before you try to prove you're the *best* solution, you've first proven you *are* a distinct, verifiable solution. In the era of AI Assistive Engines like ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews that synthesize information from countless sources, this foundational clarity is paramount. Without it, your marketing efforts build on sand; with it, you create a stable bedrock for a brand narrative that will be correctly interpreted and confidently recommended by algorithms, driving the new conversational acquisition funnel.
Posts tagged with Understandability
How Does the Kalicube Process Stay Ahead of Technological Advancements? (Business Growth Talks Podcast)
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How to Become a Recommended Solution Provider on Google Entity Lists
Published on Search Engine Land (Jason Barnard) Learn how to leverage knowledge panels, E-E-A-T and niche notability to become a top recommended solution in Google search. In this article, you will...
How Does Your Omnipresent Deliverability Bring More Conversions? (Chasing the Insights Podcast)
How Does Your Omnipresent Deliverability Bring More Conversions? – Kalicube® Knowledge Nuggets In this video, entrepreneur and CEO of Kalicube, Jason Barnard discusses “Deliverability” as the final phase of the...
Mastering Digital Presence: Jason Barnard on Future-Proofing Your Brand in an AI-Driven World
Business Growth Talks is a podcast created and hosted by Mark Hayward, focusing on strategies for growing businesses in their growth stage. The show features interviews with successful entrepreneurs and...
Mastering Digital Presence: Jason Barnard on Future-Proofing Your Brand in an AI-Driven World
Business Growth Talks is a podcast created and hosted by Mark Hayward, focusing on strategies for growing businesses in their growth stage. The show features interviews with successful entrepreneurs and...
How Does Google Choose You as the Most Credible Solution to Its Users? (Chasing the Insights Podcast)
How Does Google Choose You as the Most Credible Solution to Its Users? – Kalicube Knowledge Nuggets In this video, entrepreneur and CEO of Kalicube, Jason Barnard discusses “Credibility” as...
Why Do You Need to Achieve Human and Machine Understandability? (Chasing the Insights Podcast)
Why Do You Need to Achieve Human and Machine Understandability? – Kalicube Knowledge Nuggets In this video, entrepreneur and CEO of Kalicube, Jason Barnard explains the first phase of the...
How the Google Leak Confirms the Significance of Author and Publisher Entities in SEO
Published on Search Engine Land (Jason Barnard) This three-tiered approach helps you optimize author and publisher entities, crucial to building trust and boost visibility in search results. The May 2024 Google leak has...
brand blueprint: navigating digital marketing with jason barnard
the power of digital marketing and personal branding for entrepreneurs in this episode of ‘walk in victory,’ host naron tillman engages in an in-depth conversation about mastering digital marketing and...
How Do You Become the Focal Point of AI-Audience Conversation? (SEO Mastery Summit 2024 with Jason Barnard)
How Do You Become the Focal Point of AI-Audience Conversation? - Kalicube® Knowledge Nuggets In this video, Jason Barnard, entrepreneur and CEO of Kalicube reveals a 12-month plan (24 months...
darwinism & google serps as product: revisiting how search works
originally published on search engine journal august 18, 2021 (jason barnard) new insights on how google search ranking works plus the concept of the serp as a product and how it plays...
strategic approach to seo with jason barnard
019 strategic approach to seo with jason barnard jason barnard, the brand serp guy®, is the founder of kalicube® and a regular conference speaker on seo. this episode is about...
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