What is E-E-A-T?

Answered across 6 episodes of The Best SEO Podcast

Edited and curated by Matthew Bertram, host of The Best SEO Podcast (produced by EWR Digital).

The short answer

Google's framework of expertise, authoritativeness, trust, and experience used to evaluate content quality and site credibility, as mentioned by Matt Bertram in the context of publishing books and authoritative content.

How experts on the show define it

Google's framework of expertise, authoritativeness, trust, and experience used to evaluate content quality and site credibility, as mentioned by Matt Bertram in the context of publishing books and authoritative content.

From Digital Insights: Unveiling Strategies with Matthew Bertram | SEO Consultant Ep. 575

Experience, Expertise, Authority, and Trustworthiness, a Google framework used to evaluate which content and sources should rank higher in search results.

From 5 Enterprise SEO Trends To Watch In 2023 Ep. 570

Expertise, authoritative trust, and experience signals that Google uses to evaluate content quality; the hosts refer to it as expertise, authoritative trust, ad management, ad experience.

From A New Era Begins - Passing the Best SEO Podcast Torch Ep. 578

Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trust, the framework Matt Bertram says Google uses to evaluate content quality and a core factor for ranking.

From Best SEO Podcast Updates: Addressing the elephants in the room! Ep. 577

Referenced in the episode as the standard search engines use to evaluate content, favoring creators who genuinely express expertise, authority, and trustworthiness through real experience.

From Mastering Digital Marketing: Strategies for SEO, Social Media, and Paid Media with Matthew Bertram Ep. 613

Expertise, Experience, Authoritativeness, and Trust signals that Google uses to evaluate content quality, with experience added to address AI-generated content that lacks first-hand proof.

From Search Insights 2024 Unveiled Ep.593

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