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What Google says about E-E-A-T

Google’s guide to helpful content names the four qualities and adds that "of these aspects, trust is most important" (Google Search Central). The same page says E-E-A-T itself is not a specific ranking factor. Google uses a mix of signals that tend to line up with content that shows it.

Google also uses search quality raters to check whether its results are good. The same guide says their ratings are not used directly to rank pages; Google compares them to feedback cards in a restaurant.

How to show E-E-A-T on a page

  • Experience: show that you did the thing, with screenshots, numbers or real examples.
  • Expertise: explain how and why, with the reasoning a beginner would miss.
  • Authoritativeness: earn mentions and links from sites people already trust.
  • Trust: name the author, cite sources, date updates and state prices and policies clearly.

For a Pakistani academy, clinic or shop, trust is often the deciding factor. Real addresses, real names and honest claims do more for E-E-A-T than any amount of keyword work.

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