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# Comparison and Alternatives Pages These are the highest-value pages most companies never write. Someone searching "X vs Y" or "alternatives to X" has a budget, a shortlist and a decision to make this week. And they're disproportionately the pages AI assistants cite, because a model answering "what should I use for Y" is looking for exactly this kind of structured, comparative source. They're also the pages companies write worst, because the temptation to win the comparison overrides the job of helping someone decide. ## The rule that makes them work **Recommend the competitor where the competitor is genuinely better.** This isn't a moral position, it's the mechanism. A comparison page that concludes "we win on everything" is recognisable as marketing in about four seconds. Readers discount the whole page, and models synthesising across sources weight it accordingly against the independent reviews saying otherwise. A page that says "if you need X, use them, we're not built for it" earns the credibility that makes the rest of the page believable. It also disqualifies bad-fit buyers before they become bad-fit customers. The practical form: for every comparison, name at least one dimension where the other tool wins, and be specific about it. ## The three page types They're not interchangeable. Each targets a different searcher. | Page | Query | Searcher | Angle | |---|---|---|---| | **X vs Y** | "notion vs obsidian" | Shortlisted both, deciding | Neutral comparison, c