Authority site is a term the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) community coined to refer to a website that dominates search results for a specific topic. These sites have substantial topic-specific content, linked to by a large number of other websites. Google or any other search engine doesn't appear to have formally recognized this term.
- Applies to specific niche, topic, keyword
Origin (forthcoming)
Characteristics The following are candidates for characterizing an authority site. The validity of these attributes is to be determined.
- Pagerank
- SE ranking
- Content quality
- Content volume
- Internal link structure
- Inbound link structure
- Outbound link structure
- Age
Examples
(forthcoming)
External Informational Resources (forthcoming)
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