{"id":99390,"date":"2023-08-08T19:21:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T19:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.authorityhacker.com\/?p=99390"},"modified":"2024-01-04T08:31:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T08:31:35","slug":"topical-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.authorityhacker.com\/topical-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Topical Authority and How to Build It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this post, I’ll show you what topical authority is and how to leverage it to outrank much stronger sites than yours without the need for a very impressive backlink profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may have come across some websites in your SEO journey that look something like this \u2014 hyper-focused with super low DR yet pretty decent traffic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How do they do it? Among other SEO strategies, they successfully figured out how to build topical authority on their websites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other words, they\u2019re proving to both search engines and users that they are an authority on a specific subject and deserve all types of free<\/em> traffic from search engines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By building topical authority in your corner of your niche, you can, too. Let\u2019s take a closer look at what it is and the tactics to build relevant content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ve also interviewed Koray Tu\u011fberk G\u00dcB\u00dcR<\/em>, one of the fathers of topical authority on our podcast, you can watch this advanced discussion below. \ud83d\udc47<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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