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HTTPS://WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/IN/LILY-RAY-44755615/@LILYRAYNYC
LEVERAGING E A T FOR SEO SUCCESS
LILY RAY // PATH INTERACTIVE
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
DID YOUR 2018 TRAFFIC LOOK A BIT LIKE THIS?
Aug 1
Sep 27
Oct 31
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
DID YOU AGONIZE OVER THIS TWEET BY GOOGLE?
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
DID YOU THEN PRINT THIS OUT,
LAMINATE IT, AND KEEP IT WITH YOU
AT ALL TIMES?
… O R WA S T H AT J U S T M E ?
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
XPERTISE
UTHORITATIVENESS
RUSTWORTHINESS
“of the creator of the main content, the main content
itself, and the website”
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
OUR
ONEY
OUR
IFE“pages that impact the future happiness, health,
financial stability, or safety of users”
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
“You can view the rater
guidelines as where we want
the search algorithm to go. They
don't tell you how the algorithm
is ranking results, but they
fundamentally show what the
algorithm should do.”
Ben Gomes, Google VP of
Search, Assistant & News
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
WHY, GOOGLE, WHY???
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
WE ANALYZED 100 AFFECTED
WEBSITES TO FIND OUT:
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
DECEPTIVE CONTENT
“Every page on the Internet is created for a purpose…
websites that are created with intent to harm users,
deceive users, or make money with no attempt to help
users, should receive the lowest quality rating”
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
BE TRANSPARENT WITH YOUR USERS
-89%+138%
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
EXPERTISE
“For all pages that have a beneficial purpose, the amount of
expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness is very
important. Please consider the expertise of the creator of the
main content.”
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
+44%
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
“Is Wheat Bad for You?”
“[Wheat] has also been linked
to increased risk of neurological
diseases, such as Alzheimer’s
and Parkinson’s. It can also cause
sugar-saturated bodies, bagel
face, baldness, ticker trouble,
and hallucinations.”
-83%
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
AUTHORSHIP
“The reputation and E-A-T of the creators of the main content
is extremely important when a website has different authors or
content creators on different pages. Research the reputation
and E-A-T of both the website and the creators of the main
content.”
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
DR. STEVEN LIN
Robust expert content
Extensive citations
Media coverage
Best-selling author
High-quality comments
+316%
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
ADVERTISEMENTS
“We expect Ads to be visible. However, pages with Ads or
features that distract from or interrupt the use of the main
content should be given a low-quality rating.”
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
-43%
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
-15%
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
A TALE OF TWO WEBSITES
+151% -56%
Overwhelming ads & pop-ups
Paid link schemes
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
EXTERNAL REVIEWS
“Use reputation research to find out what real users, as well as
experts, think about a website. Look for reviews, references,
recommendations by experts, news articles, and other credible
information"
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
-49%
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
-38%
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
TRUST ISSUES
“When there is disagreement between what the website
says about itself and what reputable independent sources
say about the website, we’ll trust the independent sources.”
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
Low ratings on external sites
Lack of medical credentials
Lack of scientific consensus
Customer service issues
-84%
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
“ABOUT US” PAGE
“Every page belongs to a website, and it should be clear who
(what individual, company, business, foundation, etc.) is
responsible for the website.”
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
90% OF TOP-PERFORMING SITES IN POST-AUG 1
ANALYSIS HAVE ROBUST “ABOUT US” PAGES
+85%
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
USER-GENERATED CONTENT
“We’ll consider a comment or forum discussion to be
“spammed” if there are posts with unrelated comments that are
not intended to help other users, but rather to advertise a
product or create a link to a website.”
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
COMMENTS & UGCCAN ENHANCE CONTENT QUALITY …OR DETRACT FROM IT
+12% -36%
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
BEFORE AUGUST 1
-15%
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
AFTER AUGUST 1
Reviewed by renowned PHD
Additional high-quality citations
Enhanced content
Edited for grammar
Improved scientific credibility
+33%
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
DISPLAYING MORE E-A-T
E-A-T ENHANCEMENTS
E-A-T ENHANCEMENTS
ALGO UPDATE
ALGO UPDATE
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
BEFORE AUG 1 AFTER AUG 1
+21%
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
MARCH 2019 CORE UPDATE
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
REMEMBER DR. AXE?
2018
2019
+2,720% SINCE MAR 12
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
+39%
+26%
+52%
SINCE MARCH 12:
THESE SITES HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT E-A-T UPDATES.
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
“SO, HOW DOES GOOGLE MEASURE ALL OF THIS STUFF?”
ME
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
Search quality evaluators
measure & assess website
quality in live user tests
Feedback is benchmarked and
used to inform algorithms
Algorithms identify signals
that correlate with E-A-T
(PageRank & links)
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
WHY E-A-T MATTERS
• Google is relying on you to help make the internet a better place
• If you wouldn’t trust a website, search engines probably won’t either
• E-A-T can help all digital efforts, not just SEO
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@LILYRAYNYC #BRIGHTONSEO
5 QUICK TIPS TO IMPROVE E-A-T
1. Improve your online reputation and reviews on 3rd party websites
2. Don’t overwhelm your users with ads or try to deceive them
3. Disclose who your brand is, who your authors are, and why they should be trusted
4. Cite credible sources and receive (organic!) links from credible sources
5. Make sure YMYL content is supported by scientific evidence
@lilyraynyc