topical authority
The idea that covering a subject thoroughly improves standing across it.
What topical authority means
Widely held and hard to test on one site, because coverage and quality usually change together.
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Whether a page can be found and kept, separately from whether it can be fetched.
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Questions about topical authority
What is topical authority?
The idea that covering a subject thoroughly improves standing across it.
Which area of the glossary does topical authority belong to?
Indexing and discovery: Whether a page can be found and kept, separately from whether it can be fetched.
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