Google is explicitly identifying people it understands to be content creators. This article explains how we know that Google is recognizing content creators, why it’s important and what SEO professionals need to do in response. Google’s growing recognition of content creator entities I recently discovered Knowledge Panel subtitles like “Content Creator (Medicine)” and “Content Creator … Read more
What Is E-E-A-T? E-E-A-T (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness) is a framework that Google’s human reviewers use to assess content quality. It’s defined in Google’s Search Quality Rater Guidelines—the handbook that reviewers (known as Quality Raters) use to provide feedback on search results. Trustworthiness is the central, most important concept: Google wants to deliver search … Read more
Few concepts have generated as much buzz and speculation in SEO as E-E-A-T. Short for Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness, this framework has been a cornerstone of Google’s Search Quality Evaluator Guidelines for years. But despite its prominence, more clarity about how E-E-A-T relates to Google‘s ranking algorithms is still needed. In a recent episode … Read more
When it comes to expertise, experience, authoritativeness and trustworthiness (E-E-A-T), SEOs have been eating up what Google’s been serving – that it’s not just about what you say (content); it’s about who’s saying it (content creator) and where (host website). There is no doubt that you can craft content with E-E-A-T in mind and that … Read more
The Killer Whale is back. The latest Knowledge Graph update, released in March, continued the laser focus on person entities. It appears Google is looking for person entities to which it can fully apply E-E-A-T credibility signals and aims to understand who is creating content and whether they are trustworthy. In March, the number of … Read more
Updated: April 20, 2024. Free EEAT checklist (EEAT audit template) to help you audit your website in terms of E-E-A-T/YMYL/Helpful Content/Google Quality template coming soon. Does your site have all it needs when it comes to E-E-A-T/YMYL, Google Helpful Content, and widely understood Google quality? A free 76-point Google Quality Audit Template (worth $500) will … Read more
E-A-T (Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) has been a cornerstone of Google’s Search Quality Rater Guidelines for years. Recently, Google added a new “E” to the mix – Experience. Understanding and optimizing for E-E-A-T strongly correlates with SEO success. In this article, you’ll learn what the E-E-A-T criteria mean, why Google values first-hand experience, and, most importantly, … Read more
Reading Time: 7 minutes EEAT is an acronym for Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness. It is a framework used by Google to assess the quality of content on a website. E-E-A-T helps Google determine which websites should be ranked higher in the SERPs based on their credibility and value that it provides to users. When … Read more
In this article, I will expand upon Google’s concept of E-E-A-T by adding “notability” and “transparency.” These additional elements are often overlooked but are crucial for demonstrating credibility to Google. Notability reflects the impact or recognition in a specific field, while transparency emphasizes openness about who is behind the content or business. Putting Google to … Read more
Blog / Google SERP / E-E-A-T and YMYL: What Google Wants You to Pay Attention To Google favors and rewards sites that produce high-quality content, as they tend to provide the most relevant answers to users’ queries. The two primary concepts that Google uses to assess content’s overall quality and value are E-E-A-T and YMYL. … Read more
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