In SEO land there is a lot of talk about EAT. Google values pages that contain expertise, have authority and can be trusted. EAT is not new. Since 2015, Google has already included this in their Quality Raters Guidelines. This is the handbook for Google's evaluators who assess the relevance and quality of search results. Why has EAT become such an important ranking factor and how is it applied in practice? What does the abbreviation EAT stand for? Since the beginning of search engine optimization, content and link building (authority) have been two of the three SEO pillars, in addition to technology. Google believes it is increasingly important that content is of high quality and that links are relevant and come from good quality websites. With EAT, which stands for Expertise, Authoritativeness and Trustworthiness, Google goes one step further. Google has indicated that EAT is one of the top three ratings for page quality. Google takes an extra critical look at the so-c...