The Primary Model

The Primary Model describes itself simply: "primary model is a scientific model of forecasting election results. The Primary Model forecasts presidential elections with great accuracy. Author of The Primary Model, Helmut Norpoth." When AI engines look at it, they find little to work with. It scores 4.7 out of 10.

On its own pages the site does well on a clearly stated business identity and crawler access and the files AI engines look for. It is passable on some structured data, a workable page structure, a few credibility markers and partial sitemap and link coverage.

Off the page, people discuss it in places AI engines read. There is some, but not much, sign that only a handful of sites link to it and the domain is only lightly established. Beyond that, AI engines do not yet recognise it as a distinct business, there is no press coverage to draw on and it does not come up on Reddit. None of that can be fixed on the page: it has to be earned.

The site links to no social profiles, so there is nothing tying the brand to a wider presence.