Every page on The Grid carries a score for how useful it is to the person reading it. That covers people, organizations, funds, answers, glossary entries, episodes, and reports. Browsing and search both follow that order.
Four things go into it:
- Substance. How much the page actually says. A page that answers a reader’s question sits above one that only proves someone exists.
- Connections. How the page ties into the rest of The Grid. Quality carries across a link. A few real connections are worth more than a long list of loose ones.
- Checked by people. Whether people have worked on it. A claimed profile reads as better checked than one nobody has touched. So does an entry a few people have improved.
- Upkeep. Whether it’s been kept up. Pages fade slowly rather than falling off. A page that was right when it was written is still worth reading.
What to do, in the order that helps most
- Claim your profile. It’s the clearest sign a profile is real, and it’s what lets you edit your own.
- Write a real bio. This matters more than any other single thing on the page. Write it for someone deciding whether to call you.
- Fill in the rest. A title, a photo, a website, what you do. If you’re open to being contacted, add an email or phone and show it.
- Link yourself to the work. Connect your profile to the organizations, funds, and topics you’re part of. A few real ones beat a long list.
- Keep it current. A page that gets kept up stays ahead of one left alone. There’s no schedule to keep.
The same order works for an organization, a fund, or a wiki entry. Overview first, then the facts, then the links.
Curating other pages counts too. Fixing an organization page or an answer lifts that page, and a stronger page next to yours lifts yours as well. It’s the same work either way.
AI-assisted writing counts the same. We don’t score a bio differently because a model helped draft it. What counts is whether the page says something real. The one place authorship shows up is people. A page several people have improved reads as better checked than one nobody has touched. A bulk import counts as one contributor, whoever or whatever ran it.
A thin page is never removed from search. A page with little on it sits further down a list. That’s the whole consequence. The page stays live on The Grid and stays crawlable. Ranking low is a reason to add to a page, not a reason we hide it.
To correct something, open the page and choose Edit. Organization, fund, and wiki pages are open to anyone who has joined The Grid. Your own profile is yours to edit once you’ve claimed it. If you can’t fix it yourself, email z@zolidar.com and we’ll take it from there. Same if something needs to come down.
The longer version is at zolidar.com/docs/grid-ranking.