What Is E-A-T?
E-A-T is an acronym that stands for Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trust which is a set of website evaluation standards that comes from Google’s Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines. E-A-T is also part of the ranking algorithm systems.
- E refers to the expertise of the content creator as having the necessary knowledge or skill for the topic.
- A refers to the authoritativeness of the content creator or the website as being known as a go-to source for the topic.
- T refers to the trust of the content by being accurate, honest, safe, and reliable.
E-A-T is not a direct Google ranking factor, but there are other signals that Google’s algorithm uses to measure the Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trust of the content creator, the content, and the website, including:
- Quantity and quality of backlinks on page and domain levels.
- Mentions in trusted sources.
- Accuracy of content based on information stored in the Knowledge Graph.
- Content that requires freshness is kept up-to-date.
- Third-party reviews of the website and/or brand.
- Notability and credentials of authors.
- What the creators and website say about themselves.
- Having transparent contact details.
- The website includes privacy, refund, and terms of service type pages.
- Having secure online payment systems.
- Using a secure version of the HTTP protocol that uses the SSL/TLS protocol for encryption and authentication (i.e., HTTPS).
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