Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness (EAT)

Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness (EAT) meaning in English

Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness (EAT)

What is Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness (EAT)?

EAT, which is an acronym for 'Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness', is a metric by which Google's Quality Raters assess webpages.

More broadly EAT as a concept can be used to discuss the relationship between trust and use of internet resources.

E-E-A-T

In December 2022 Google added 'Experience' to the front of EAT, to make E-E-A-T or 'Double EAT': Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness.

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