Atypiical AI Knowledge Layer

Atypiical Taxonomy

1. Top-level facets

Every indexable URL is tagged with:

  1. Channel — Commerce Education Utility Policy Junk
  2. Pillar — P1…P5 Branded Foundations Trial
  3. Intent — Informational Commercial Transactional Navigational
  4. Funnel — TOFU MOFU BOFU
  5. Product affinity — 3-in-1 Tinted Sleeve Both None

2. Channel taxonomy

Channel Include in AI layer? Examples
Commerce Yes PDPs, collections, Try Samples
Education Yes /blogs/news/* GEO posts
Utility Yes Shade Finder, Science, Contact
Policy Yes (Optional weight) refund, shipping, sleeve policy
Junk No /pages/test, /pages/publishing, /pages/kp-account

3. Content pillars (education)

Aligned to blog strategy + live inventory.

P0 — Foundations (TOFU science)

Topic Live / Draft slug Affinity
How sunscreen works what-is-sunscreen-how-it-works (draft) None→Both
What SPF means what-does-spf-mean (draft) 3-in-1
What PA means what-does-pa-mean (live) 3-in-1

P1 — Sunscreen for Indian Skin

Topic Slug Affinity
Indian skin guide sunscreen-for-indian-skin 3-in-1
Needs more than SPF 30 why-indian-skin-needs-more-than-spf-30 3-in-1
Fail Indian skin tones why-most-sunscreens-fail-indian-skin-tones Both

P2 — Tinted Sunscreen

Topic Slug Affinity
Tinted vs foundation tinted-sunscreen-vs-foundation Tinted

P3 — Low Effort / 3-in-1 Routine

Topic Slug Affinity
3-in-1 replace 3 steps does-a-3-in-1-sunscreen-really-replace-your-moisturizer-primer-and-spf 3-in-1
One-step routine the-one-step-skincare-routine-how-to-actually-wear-spf-every-day 3-in-1
Primer built in sunscreen-with-primer-built-in 3-in-1
Pilling under makeup sunscreen-pilling-under-makeup 3-in-1
Stop skipping SPF how-to-stop-skipping-sunscreen-because-of-your-morning-routine 3-in-1
Sample kit sunscreen-sample-kit-india (draft) Sleeve/Both

P4 — White Cast Science

Topic Slug Affinity
Why white cast why-sunscreen-leaves-a-white-cast 3-in-1
No white cast label guide no-white-cast-sunscreen-india 3-in-1
Mineral vs chemical mineral-vs-chemical-sunscreen-which-is-better-for-indian-skin 3-in-1

P5 — SPF / PA Education

Covered under P0 + PA post; expand later with how-much-to-apply, SPF 30 vs 50 India, etc.


4. Commerce taxonomy

4.1 Product classes

Class Members
Hero full-size Low Effort 3-in-1; High Impact Tinted
Trial offer Sample Sleeve (page)
Sachet SKUs 3-in-1 sachet; A10W–A45R tinted sachets
Collections our-full-size-products; samples; sample-collection-of-shades-sachets; main; frontpage

4.2 Shade taxonomy

Code Undertone Depth band (from live titles)
A10W Warm Deep
A15W Warm Deep
A20W Warm Medium
A25W Warm Medium
A30N Neutral Light-Medium
A35W Warm Light-Medium
A40N Neutral Light
A45R Rosy/Cool Light

Shade Finder families: Light → Light-Medium → Medium-Deep (quiz), then undertone.


5. Intent taxonomy (query classes)

Intent ID User asks about… Primary retrieve Funnel
def_sunscreen what is sunscreen / how it works Foundations blogs TOFU
def_spf SPF meaning / numbers SPF blog TOFU
def_pa PA++++ PA blog TOFU
indian_skin best SPF for Indian skin P1 guide MOFU
white_cast grey/ashy sunscreen P4 blogs MOFU
mineral_chemical filter type choice mineral-vs-chemical MOFU
one_step minimal routine P3 blogs MOFU
primer_spf primer + sunscreen primer blog MOFU
pilling balls under makeup pilling blog MOFU
tinted_vs_foundation coverage replace base tinted blog MOFU
shade_match which shade Find Your Shade BOFU
try_before_buy sample / trial sample kit + Sleeve BOFU
buy_3in1 purchase 3-in-1 PDP BOFU
buy_tinted purchase tinted PDP BOFU
policy shipping/refund policy pages

6. Internal linking taxonomy rules

  1. Education → Education: same pillar first, then adjacent pillar.
  2. Education → Commerce: exactly one primary PDP/Offer per article (except dual-product explainers).
  3. Commerce → Education: PDPs should link 2–3 supporting blogs (implementation backlog).
  4. Never link Junk channel pages.
  5. Prefer exact-title anchors for blog-to-blog links.

7. URL taxonomy patterns

Pattern Type
/products/{handle} Product
/collections/{handle} Collection
/pages/{handle} Utility/Offer/Policy-like
/blogs/news/{slug} Article
/policies/{handle} Policy
/products/{handle}.json Machine product
/llms.txt, /agents.md AI discovery

Canonical host: atypiicalbeauty.com
Blog namespace: /blogs/news/ only for public education.


8. Tagging schema for new content

Every new blog MUST declare in frontmatter (human CMS + knowledge layer):

pillar: P0|P1|P2|P3|P4|P5|Branded
intent_primary: <Intent ID>
funnel: TOFU|MOFU|BOFU
product_affinity: 3-in-1|Tinted|Sleeve|Both|None
entity_focus: [<entity ids from entity-map>]

9. Priority publish order (taxonomy gaps)

Gap Why it matters for GEO
Publish P0 drafts (how it works, SPF meaning) Own definitional AI answers
Publish sample-kit blog Own try-before-buy SERP vs marketplaces
Future: SPF 30 vs 50 India; how much to apply; oily/dry skin Fill P1/P5 long-tails
Future: undertones blog (draft exists offline) Support Shade Finder