Reviewable methodology

Public Trust Readiness measures whether a company is easy to verify before a conversation starts.

EntityProof looks at the public signals serious decision-makers and automated screening systems can see. The goal is to find trust leaks, explain the risk they create, and identify the highest-impact repairs.

Signal map

Six surfaces shape the first judgment.

A company can be real and still look uncertain if these public signals are missing, inconsistent, too thin, or hard for a reviewer to understand.

Website proof

Founder credibility

Search presence

Third-party proof

Authority profiles

AI and screening readiness

Evidence boundary

The method rewards clarity, not artificial authority.

Only real, verifiable company signals count.

Thin or unclear public proof is treated as a trust leak.

Unapproved numeric weights are not published; review status uses Ready, Needs Work, or High-Risk Gaps.

The check is not an SEO ranking guarantee.

The check is not a compliance, legal, banking, or payment-provider approval service.

Artificial authority, fake reviews, fake offices, fake employees, and rented credibility are excluded.

Criteria table

Categories are visible. Numeric weights remain unapproved.

Category
Criteria
Published Review Scale
Weight Status
Website proof
Company identity, offer clarity, real contact routes, proof that the company exists and operates.
Ready / Needs Work / High-Risk Gaps
Numeric weight requires Eugene approval.
Founder credibility
Visible operator context, role clarity, relevant experience, and verifiable public profile signals.
Ready / Needs Work / High-Risk Gaps
Numeric weight requires Eugene approval.
Search presence
Whether search results make the company understandable or create vague/inconsistent context.
Ready / Needs Work / High-Risk Gaps
Numeric weight requires Eugene approval.
Third-party proof
Reviews, profiles, public references, partner signals, and independent validation where real proof exists.
Ready / Needs Work / High-Risk Gaps
Numeric weight requires Eugene approval.
Authority profiles
External profiles and company facts that support the same clear story without artificial authority.
Ready / Needs Work / High-Risk Gaps
Numeric weight requires Eugene approval.
AI and screening readiness
Structured, machine-readable public facts that reduce ambiguity for crawlers and assisted review.
Ready / Needs Work / High-Risk Gaps
Numeric weight requires Eugene approval.

Find the trust leaks before they cost you the deal.

Request a check to see where your public proof may look too thin, unclear, or hard to verify.