Topical authority

Being seen as a trusted source on a subject.

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Topical authority is the trust a site earns by covering a subject thoroughly and well. Search engines favor sites that demonstrably know their topic. You build it by publishing connected, in-depth content around a theme rather than scattered one-off posts.

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