E-E-A-T Scorer
Short answer
Checks on-page trust and citation signals: author, dates, sources, about/contact links and author markup, plus question headings, sourced figures, tables and depth. A checklist; E-E-A-T itself is judged by people.
What it does not do: It detects visible signals; it cannot judge experience, expertise or how trustworthy the content and its sources really are, and it cannot predict whether a search engine or AI answer will quote the page.
What It Does
Checks your page in two parts. Trust signals: an author byline, a publish or update date, links to at least two external pages, a link to an about or contact page, and author or publisher markup, each marked present or missing. Citation readiness: a checklist of signals often seen on pages that get quoted — author and freshness, sourced figures, links to authoritative sources, question-style headings, article and site markup, depth, recency, readability, named entities, headings that match the topic, and tables or lists — with the top fixes. The score is the average of the two parts. E-E-A-T itself is judged by people; the tool shows only whether these visible signals are there.
Why It Matters
Google asks its quality raters to judge experience, expertise, authoritativeness and trust, and says its systems aim to reward helpful, reliable content. Readers look for the same things: who wrote a page, when it was updated and where the facts come from. These five signals are simple ways to show that.
How It Works
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Enter your page URL or paste its HTML, and click Analyze
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We read the HTML for an author byline, dates, outbound links, about/contact links and Schema.org markup
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Then measure the page itself: headings, figures, tables and lists, length, readability and named entities
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Return a score per part, a checklist and the improvements that matter most
Sample input + output
url: https://rankproof.eu/guides/what-is-the-eaa
Trust signals 100/100
signals found: 5/5 · outbound citations: 4
author · date · sources · about/contact · markup pass
Citation readiness 63/100
grade C · 1851 words · 7 schema types · 2 question headings
pass: authority links, depth, site markup, recency,
readability, named entities, topic match, tables & lists
needs attention: author & freshness, statistics,
question headings, article markup, trust signals
top fixes: statistics, question headings, author & freshness
Score: 82/100 — 1 of 2 parts in good shape Who Uses This
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Health & Finance Content Creator
Pages about health or money get the closest scrutiny. Check that each article shows its author, date and sources before publishing.
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Content Studio
Before content goes to the client, check that every article shows its author, date and sources.
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Blogger
Find which of the five trust signals your articles are missing.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is E-E-A-T?
- E-E-A-T stands for Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness and Trustworthiness. It is the framework in Google's quality rater guidelines. Raters do not change rankings directly; their ratings help Google evaluate its search systems.
- Is E-E-A-T a ranking factor?
- Not as a single signal. It is the framework Google's quality raters use, and Google says its ranking systems aim to reward content that shows these qualities. There is no published figure for how much any one signal matters.
- What counts as an author signal?
- A meta author tag, a rel="author" or itemprop="author" attribute, a byline class name, or text like "By Jane Doe" near the top of the page.
- How can I add more citations?
- Link to at least two external pages that support your facts. The check counts any outbound link, so it cannot tell a strong source from a weak one — that judgement is yours.
- What's the easiest signal to fix?
- Linking to an About or Contact page from your page is usually the quickest win — it's one of the five signals and takes minutes to add.
- Does a high score mean AI engines will cite the page?
- No. The second part lists signals often seen on pages that get quoted, such as a named author, sourced figures and question headings. No tool can see in advance which pages a search engine or AI answer will quote.