E-E-A-T
Also: EEAT
Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness. Google's quality framework for evaluating content authors and publishers. Used as a signal in AI Overviews and AI Mode citation selection.
Related terms
- AI search
A query interface where the answer is generated by a large language model from cited sources, instead of returned as a list of links. Examples: ChatGPT search, Perplexity, Claude with web search, Google AI Mode.
- Citation (in AI search)
A reference to an external source in an AI-generated answer. Citations may be inline hyperlinks, footnotes, or a sources panel. Engines vary in how they expose citations and which sources they prefer.