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How to E-A-T SEO
Expertise, Authority and Trust
FEATURED IN
BOOK / COMPANIES FOUNDED
CLIENTS I WORK WITH
A DECADE IN THE INDUSTRY
SEO HACKER BLOG > 70,000
READERS / MONTH
[PIC OF MY DAD’S CR]
STARTED WITH A 1,300 PESO
CAPITAL
That’s 26 USD
2010 WHEN I STARTED THE BLOG
I KEPT ON WRITING
720+ PUBLISHED POSTS IN THE SEO
HACKER BLOG
“SEO PHILIPPINES”
45-MAN TEAM AND GROWING
I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING E-A-T
SINCE THE BEGINNING
Even before it became a declared acronym
E-A-T WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN
2014
RECEIVED FURTHER EMPHASIS IN
GOOGLE’S “SEARCH QUALITY
GUIDELINES” LATE 2018
THIS IS WHEN IT REALLY SHOOK THE
SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS PAGES
(SERPS)
LET’S REWIND TO 2012
GOOGLE+
WHEN AUTHOR RANK WAS FIRST
INTRODUCED
GOOGLE KNEW THAT ARTICLES WILL
MAKE UP A HUGE PART OF THE WEB
A TON OF THEM ARE FAKE, LOW
QUALITY STUFF
SOME OF THEM WILL BE OUTRIGHT
MISLEADING
GOOGLE BUILT AUTHOR RANK
EARLY ON TO COMBAT THIS
TONS OF AUTHORS ADOPTED IT
I HAD IT FOR ALL MY BLOGS
My picture(s) as a blog author in SERPs
I WAS SO SURE THAT THIS IS THE NEXT
BIG THING TO RANK HIGH ON GOOGLE
THEN GOOGLE DEPRECATED THE
AUTHOR IMAGE IN SERPS
THEN GOOGLE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY
WERE DROPPING AUTHOR RANK
THEN ON APRIL 2019, GOOGLE+
SHUT DOWN
TAKING ALL OF THE GOOGLE+
AUTHORSHIP DATA WITH IT
OR SO WE THOUGHT
ONE THING THAT IS NEVER MENTIONED
IN THE WEB ABOUT E-A-T
THEY USED WHAT THEY GOT IN THE
AUTHOR RANK ERA
GIVING EARLY ADOPTERS OF
GOOGLE AUTHORSHIP A BOOST
E-A-T WAS BUILT EXACTLY ON WHAT
THE AUTHOR RANK WAS SUPPOSED TO
DO
BUT SINCE GOOGLE+ HAS SHUT DOWN,
WHERE DO YOU BUILD YOUR AUTHOR
RANK?
HERE ARE THE FACTORS
Your blog
How to E-A-T SEO
How to E-A-T SEO
How to E-A-T SEO
How to E-A-T SEO
YOUR BLOG
FACEBOOK PAGE
TWITTER PROFILE
GUEST POSTS ON OTHER BLOGS
Note to Jam: Split this to multiple slides
YOUR BLOG
EVERY WEBSITE OUGHT TO HAVE A
BLOG
THIS IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN
TELL GOOGLE YOU’RE STILL ALIVE
PUBLISH AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR
AUTHOR BOX
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
AUTHOR SCHEMA MARKUP IN YOUR
AUTHOR BOX
THIS WAY, YOU BUILD YOUR E-A-T AS
AN AUTHOR IN YOUR BLOG OVER TIME
MAKE SURE TO PUBLISH HIGH QUALITY
ARTICLES THAT ARE FACTUAL, DATA
BACKED AND EASY TO READ
SHARE IT IN YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS
BUILD LINKS TO IT FROM OTHER
BLOGS
ASK OTHER AUTHORS TO CITE YOUR
WORK
THIS IS THE BEST, MOST IMPORTANT
WAY TO BOOST YOUR E-A-T
THE OTHERS ARE ONLY
SUPPLEMENTARY WAYS COMPARED TO
THIS
FACEBOOK PAGE
EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING HAS A
FACEBOOK PAGE
IF YOU DON’T HAVE ONE, YOU’RE
NON EXISTENT
YOU DON’T EXIST
THAT’S JUST HOW THE WORLD
WORKS NOW
IN ORDER TO HAVE BETTER E-A-T
MAKE SURE THAT YOU LINK TO
YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE
YOU CAN DO SO IN YOUR AUTHOR
BOX
MAKE SURE THAT YOUR FACEBOK
PAGES HAS SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
LIKES, POSTS AND ENGAGEMENT
WEEKLY
MAKE SURE YOUR CONTACT DETAILS
ARE ACCURATE AND YOUR WEBSITE
LINK IS THERE
FILL UP YOUR ABOUT SECTION, UPDATE
YOUR PROFILE AND COVER PHOTO
TWITTER PROFILE
TWITTER IS A LOT SIMPLER
YOU CAN PUT LINKS IN YOUR
TWITTER PROFILE
MAKE SURE YOUR TWITTER
HANDLE REFLECTS YOUR BRAND
TWEET ABOUT YOUR BLOG POSTS AND
STUFF WITHIN YOUR INDUSTRY
GET A GOOD NUMBER OF
FOLLOWERS
UPDATE YOUR PROFILE AND COVER
PHOTO
GUEST POST ON OTHER BLOGS
THIS IS WHERE IT GETS TRICKY
YOUR GUEST POSTS HAS TO BE IN
TUNE WITH YOUR INDUSTRY
OTHERWISE IT WILL NOT HELP
WITH YOUR E-A-T
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE TO GET A
LINK BACK TO YOUR WEBSITE OR BLOG
WITHIN THE GUEST POST
EITHER USE YOUR BLOG POSTS AS
SOURCES FOR THE GUEST POST
OR ASK THEM FOR A CLEAN AUTHOR
BIO WITHIN THE BODY OF THE
CONTENT
THE LINK BACK TO YOUR BLOG MUST
HAVE A REL=“AUTHOR” MARKUP IN IT
IF YOU ARE ABLE TO GET THAT, IT
WOULD HELP YOUR E-A-T
THE WEBSITE YOU POST YOUR
STUFF ON IS ALSO IMPORTANT
IT MUST BE A WEBSITE THAT’S
RELEVANT TO YOUR INDUSTRY AND
HAS GOOD AUTHORITY IN YOUR FIELD
NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT THE HTML
TITLE, ARTICLE TITLE AND BODY OF THE
CONTENT SHOULD TALK ABOUT YOUR
INDUSTRY
DOING THESE KINDS OF GUEST POSTS
IN THE MOST RELEVANT WEBSITES IN
YOUR INDUSTRY WILL SCORE YOU BIG
TIME WITH YOUR E-A-T
FEATURES FROM NEWS SITES
THIS HAS TO DO WITH HOW
NEWSWORTHY YOUR ACTIVITIES ARE
IT COULD START FROM GOOD PR
COVERAGE OF A MEDIA STUNT YOU
DID
ANY COVERAGE OR FEATURES ABOUT
YOU FROM OTHER NEWS SITES SHOULD
INCLUDE A LINK WITH A PERSON
SCHEMA MARKUP
IF YOU HAVE CURRENT FEATURES, YOU
CAN TRY TO RECLAIM MENTIONS
ABOUT YOU OR YOUR BRAND BY
CONTACTING THE EDITOR AND ASKING
GOOGLE MY BUSINESS
YOUR GMB LISTING SHOULD HAVE A
MENTION OF YOURSELF AS A PART OF
THE ORGANIZATION
YOU CAN WRITE THIS IN THE
BUSINESS DESCRIPTION SECTION
“SEO HACKER IS AN SEO SERVICES
COMPANY IN THE PHILIPPINES
FOUNDED BY SEAN SI.”
MAKE SURE YOUR WEBSITE URL AND
APPOINTMENT URL IS ACCURATE
THESE ARE JUST SOME CRITICAL PLACES
WHERE YOU CAN BUILD YOUR E-A-T
MOST OF THESE PLACES YOU HAVE
DIRECT CONTROL
IT MERELY TAKES DISCIPLINE AND
INITIATIVE TO TAKE HOLD OF YOUR E-A-
T
THE SOONER YOU INVEST IN IT, THE
BETTER FOR YOU
THE HARDER IT IS FOR YOUR
COMPETITION TO BEAT YOU
THANK YOU
CONTACT ME / CHECK OUT / CEO AT
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