Are LinkedIn’s collaborative articles part of SEO strategies nowadays? More to the point, should they be? The search landscape has changed dramatically in recent years, blurring the lines between search engines and where searches occur. Following the explosive adoption of AI in content marketing and the most recent Google HCU, core, and spam updates, we’re … Read more
Online shoppers want to buy from real experts. When searching for products or services, they look for sites with genuine experience, expertise, authoritativeness and trustworthiness (known as E-E-A-T). To earn user trust, ecommerce brands must move out of the shadows and focus on building strong E-E-A-T signals, both on-site and off-site. Here’s why and how. … Read more
In July, Google released a massive update to the Knowledge Graph. We named it the E-E-A-T Knowledge Graph update and gave it the codename “Killer Whale” because it made a splash in the SERPs twice: In real time between July 14 and 18. As part of the September helpful content update. A Knowledge Graph (Vault) … Read more
I have been optimizing sites for search engines since 1998, the year Google was incorporated. In those 25 years, I never saw an update as big as the 2023 E-E-A-T Knowledge Graph update. My team took a vote and chose a cheeky nickname for the update: Killer Whale (massive and making a big splash). The … Read more
In the vast realm of the internet, being noticed is one thing, but being trusted is where the real magic happens. Imagine you have a fantastic website, killer content, and a burning desire to make your mark. But you might be missing a crucial piece of the puzzle – it’s called E-E-A-T. E-E-A-T stands for … Read more
In 2022, Google updated its E-A-T guidelines to include an extra “E”—” Experience”. But what does this mean for your SEO efforts? In this guide, I’ll cover: What E-E-A-T actually is Its core elements The different levels of E-E-A-T according to Google’s Quality Rater Guidelines The best ways for you to improve your site’s E-E-A-T … Read more
Google has confirmed its algorithms contain signals that align toward ranking websites that express qualities represented by E-E-A-T (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness). This article is focused on the topic of E-E-A-T in the context of ranking factors. For a deeper dive on E-E-A-T context, please read: What is Google E-E-A-T? How To Demonstrate First-Hand … Read more
E-E-A-T is the buzzword on the streets of SEO. We talk about it, repeat it, say it to clients. But even though we know what it is, do we really understand how to both diagnose and fix E-E-A-T issues? Let’s find out. Common E-E-A-T issues Where do you start to diagnose issues relating to experience, … Read more
Best of the Bot showcases Search Engine Land Bot’s responses to prompts submitted by readers. The language model is based on content from Search Engine Land layered on top of ChatGPT. The editors of Search Engine Land selected this response for its usefulness and have supplemented it with additional relevant content. I am the first … Read more
Google probably won’t ever tell us how its algorithms work – but that doesn’t mean it won’t drop a few hints. Google’s Search Quality Rater guidelines mention E-E-A-T (experience, expertise, authoritativeness and trustworthiness) 126 times – which is a pretty big indicator that this is important, according to Melissa Fach, lead SEO content manager at … Read more
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