A story must pass every evidence gate and score at least 80 out of 100. A high score cannot compensate for an anonymous source, a duplicate topic, an unsupported claim or a missing buyer consequence. Some days will therefore produce no new article.
The five subjects monitored every day
ForkliftIQ watches five recurring streams because they map to the decisions buyers make before selecting equipment, parts or suppliers. The first covers manufacturers and capacity: factory investment, production lines, corporate filings, overseas sites, service networks and other changes that may affect delivery or support. The second covers products and technology, including new forklifts, warehouse trucks, autonomous equipment, safety functions, telematics and material model revisions.
The third stream follows parts and power systems. Batteries, battery-management systems, chargers, controllers, motors, attachments, tyres, forks and replacement-part supply can change the real cost and serviceability of a truck. The fourth stream covers exports and regulation, including China Customs information, tariffs, machinery rules, battery obligations and destination-market conformity. The fifth follows exhibitions and launches, but attendance alone is not news. A show item must contain a material product, supplier, regulatory or application signal.
Source hierarchy
The desk starts with the party that created the record. Search engines, newsletters and trade publications help discover information, but they do not replace the underlying filing, regulation, data release or company announcement.
Customs releases, laws, regulator pages, stock-exchange filings, standards bodies and formal company investor disclosures.
Manufacturer and component-supplier newsrooms, official technical releases and event-organizer announcements.
Established trade media may identify a lead, but a Tier A or Tier B source must corroborate the material claim before publication.
Social posts, forums, aggregators, anonymous pages and copied releases do not qualify as sole publication evidence.
Routine monitoring includes official pages from China Customs, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, major Chinese forklift manufacturers, forklift battery and charging suppliers, the European Commission, EUR-Lex, USTR and official material-handling exhibition organizers. The exact source page must identify the publisher, date and relevant facts. A search result snippet or an undated homepage does not satisfy this requirement.
The hard publication gates
- The evidence is Tier A or Tier B, or a Tier C lead is confirmed by a Tier A or Tier B source.
- The source is identifiable, dated, readable and available at a stable address.
- The information is current: normally within seven days, with up to 30 days for durable regulatory, event or procurement implications.
- The development is material rather than generic promotion, a celebration or a repeated announcement.
- The subject directly affects forklifts, warehouse equipment, parts, power systems, sourcing, importing, compliance or service.
- At least three facts can be checked against the source.
- A buyer impact can be explained without guessing.
- The report can state clearly what ForkliftIQ did and did not verify.
- The URL, canonical address, title, entity-event pair, product announcement and central claim are not duplicates.
- The planned article can support at least 550 English words of original analysis.
- The story has its own image rather than an illustration already used by another news article.
How the 100-point score works
Only candidates that pass every hard gate are scored. The threshold is 80 points, with minimum scores in every category. This prevents a famous source from carrying an item that has weak buyer value, or an interesting topic from carrying evidence that is too vague.
| Measure | Maximum | Minimum |
|---|---|---|
| Source authority | 25 | 20 |
| Materiality and novelty | 20 | 12 |
| Buyer relevance | 20 | 12 |
| Factual specificity | 15 | 8 |
| Evidence clarity | 10 | 6 |
| Visual distinctness | 10 | 8 |
What each published report must contain
The opening gives the decision-relevant answer before the background. The report then explains what changed, why it matters to a purchaser, which questions belong in an enquiry, and which parts of the claim remain unverified. It shows the primary source address as plain text and connects readers to relevant ForkliftIQ supplier, parts, repair, guide, tool or marketplace pages.
Manufacturer performance, capacity, availability and service statements remain attributed claims unless independent evidence supports more. A launch does not prove that a model is orderable in every country. A factory expansion does not prove current output. A battery specification does not prove compatibility with a particular truck. The article should turn the announcement into a better evidence request rather than a broader conclusion.
Image and duplication rules
Every news article receives its own responsive image in 768-pixel and 1600-pixel WebP versions. The image needs accurate alternative text, fixed dimensions and a unique content hash. Original editorial illustrations are used when documentary imagery is unavailable or cannot be reused. Such illustrations explain the topic; they are not presented as photographs of a named factory, product or event.
Before writing, the desk checks the source URL, canonical address, title, company, product, event and central claim against the published library. Updating a headline or changing the angle does not make an old announcement new. A later filing or correction may justify a fresh report only when it materially changes the buyer’s understanding.
Corrections and publication frequency
There is no daily quota. The desk can publish zero stories and will publish no more than five on one day. This limit gives each item room on the news hub and discourages weak filler. If a primary source changes, disappears or is superseded, the affected report is reviewed. A material correction should be visible in the article and its modified date rather than silently changing the purchasing conclusion.
After publication, ForkliftIQ checks the live response, self-canonical, structured data, desktop and mobile layouts, image loading and internal links. A source is entered into the permanent duplicate register only after the production page passes those checks.