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They openly ignore a lot of “accepted” SEO best practices and treat most checklist advice with heavy skepticism.
Core philosophy: Test everything yourself. Understand why something works. Never treat SEO advice as universal rules.
Pages with almost no content (or even accidentally published empty pages) can still rank #1.
Technically poor sites that have unnatural link penalties can still rank for extremely competitive terms if authority is high enough.
EEAT is heavily overhyped for most sites. Simply adding author bios rarely fixes a struggling site.
EEAT matters more on high-stakes (YMYL) queries — finance, medical, gambling, etc. — and should be judged at the query level, not the whole industry.
Google Quality Raters + RaterHub exist, but manual transparency actions and real ranking impact are limited for most niches.
Advice from SEOs working on massive authority brands often fails completely on new or low-authority sites.
Branded search volume and CTR can influence rankings. They actively test and seed brand associations via autocomplete and suggested searches.
Exact-match domains (EMDs) and partial-match domains still have value, especially for reducing risk.
They buy and evaluate aged/expired domains using data from multiple tools — not just relying on DR/DA.
Using multiple sites is a deliberate strategy to avoid single points of failure.
Topical relevance + authority is the real framework (Relevance × Authority).
Contextual bridging (starting on easier topics and gradually moving into harder ones) is a key growth tactic.
Parasite SEO still works in certain situations.
Schema (especially FAQ) has limited impact outside specific cases; most schema debates are tribal noise.
Big takeaway: Stop anthropomorphizing Google. Focus on testing, data, and what actually moves the needle for your site instead of repeating industry dogma.

What are the SEO “Best Practices” in 2026? What should you be doing?