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Checks for citations to authoritative external sources
Rule IDeeat/citations
CategoryE-E-A-T
ScopeSite-wide
Severityinfo
Weight3/10

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Solution

Citing authoritative sources builds credibility and supports E-E-A-T. Link to: government sites (.gov), educational institutions (.edu), peer-reviewed research, industry authorities. For health: cite NIH, CDC, WHO, medical journals. Include a sources/references section. Don’t cite low-quality or unverified sources.

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Enable / Disable

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Disable this rule

squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["eeat/citations"]

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Disable all E-E-A-T rules

squirrel.toml
[rules]
disable = ["eeat/*"]

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Enable only this rule

squirrel.toml
[rules]
enable = ["eeat/citations"]
disable = ["*"]