While this site already had authors who were experts, these practitioners Industry Email List were not generally known online as experts. It's one thing to say an article was written by a doctor with twenty years of practical experience, but if there's nothing to back up that claim online, we think it's unlikely that Google considers this good EAT. Remember Industry Email List that the "A" in EAT stands for "authority." It's important that your authors are recognized online as authorities in their field.
The QRG talks at length about the importance Industry Email List of the EAT author. This long section tells us that Industry Email List medical advice must be written by people with a high medical EAT to be considered high quality. Financial advice should be written by someone with a high financial background. Even hobby websites can be considered higher quality if written by someone with the proper EAT program. This particular line in the QRG shows us the questions we should be asking about our EAT: Are you known online as an expert on your topic?
Here are some examples from the QRG Industry Email List that explain this point. They also give some examples of authors who eat well. First, there's an example from author Lisa Belkin who wrote about strollers. If you do a Google search for this author's name, you will see that she has been cited on parenting issues, on many authoritative sites. In Industry Email List another example, the QRG acknowledges that Paula Deen is known online as a person with cooking authority.