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.