E-E-A-T
Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness
Google's quality rater framework for evaluating content credibility. Pages authored by credible, experienced experts with strong trust signals — author bios, citations, reviews — rank better in competitive YMYL niches.
How E-E-A-T works in practice
Experience was added to Google's original E-A-T framework in December 2022, placing higher value on first-hand lived experience — not just claimed credentials. For financial and marketing content, this means demonstrating real-world application through case studies, original test results, and practitioner credentials rather than generic educational content that could be written by anyone. Named authors with verifiable credentials, bio pages linking to published work and social profiles, and regular content updates signal trust to Google's quality raters. Sites with strong E-E-A-T consistently outperform anonymous or AI-generated content in YMYL categories — Google's quality rater guidelines explicitly warn against ranking content that lacks demonstrable expertise.
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Links from external websites pointing to your pages. High-quality backlinks remain one of Google's strongest ranking signals, indicating editorial endorsement. Link quality and relevance matter far more than quantity.
Optimisations made directly on a webpage to improve search rankings — including title tags, header hierarchy, meta descriptions, keyword placement, image alt text, internal links, and content quality and depth.
Machine-readable code (typically JSON-LD schema) added to pages to help search engines understand content type and unlock rich results such as FAQs, reviews, product details, and articles in SERPs.
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