Signals Layout and architecture
Exactly three feature cards in a row
- Category
- Layout and architecture
- Direction
- Pushes the score up
- Weight
- +8
What it is
The shape a page takes when nobody asks what it needs to say. One signal is not a verdict. The score is the whole weighted set, not any single line of it.
How it is weighted
8 points is mid-weight: real evidence, not a smoking gun. On its own it moves the number a few points.
What to do about it
Show the number of features you actually have. If it really is three, vary the card weights so it doesn't read as a template.
Where it fires
Of the homepages we scan as worked examples, this signal fired on 5:
- tailwindcss.com 75/100 — Features arrive in threes, as tradition demands — regardless of how many things the product actually does.
- cloudflare.com 17/100 — Features arrive in threes, as tradition demands — regardless of how many things the product actually does.
- lovable.dev 21/100 — Features arrive in threes, as tradition demands — regardless of how many things the product actually does.
- v0.app 37/100 — Features arrive in threes, as tradition demands — regardless of how many things the product actually does.
- bolt.new 15/100 — Features arrive in threes, as tradition demands — regardless of how many things the product actually does.