Article and author markupSchema Markup

Article and author schema for blogs and news sites

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Article and author schema for blogs and news sites

Example result

Example for the Standard package

SEO audit: website of a regional plumbing company

Summary

AreaScoreMain issue
Indexing and crawlingNeeds work38 blog tags pages indexed, thin content
Technical healthFairMobile load time 4.8 s on service pages
On-pageNeeds work11 of 18 service pages share near-identical titles
Local signalsWeakTown pages are copies with the town name swapped
ContentFairBlog traffic is high, but posts do not link to services

Findings (excerpt)

1. Duplicate and weak titles (high priority)

11 service pages use the pattern "Plumbing Services | Northgate". Searchers and search engines cannot tell "boiler repair" from "drain unblocking".

PageCurrent titleSuggested title
/boiler-repairPlumbing Services, NorthgateBoiler Repair in [City], Same-Day Callout, Northgate
/blocked-drainsPlumbing Services, NorthgateBlocked Drains Cleared in [City] from £89, Northgate

2. Town pages are near duplicates (high priority)

The 7 town pages are 94% identical text. Each needs at least 250 words unique to that town: areas covered, typical jobs there, travel time, a local customer review.

3. Slow service pages on mobile (medium)

Hero images average 1.9 MB. Compressing to WebP and setting width to 1,200 px would bring load time to about 2.5 s.

4. Blog does not pass value to services (medium)

The top 10 posts get 62% of organic visits, but only 2 of them link to a service page. "Why is my boiler losing pressure?" alone gets about 1,100 visits a month and links nowhere.

5. Tag pages indexed (low)

38 /tag/ pages with 1–3 posts each. Set them to noindex.

Prioritised action plan

#ActionEffortImpactWho
1Rewrite titles and meta descriptions for 18 service pages1 dayHighContent
2Write unique content for 7 town pages3–4 daysHighContent
3Add service links to the top 10 blog posts2 hoursMediumContent
4Compress hero images2 hoursMediumDeveloper
5Noindex tag pages, update sitemap1 hourLowDeveloper

Re-check: crawl again 6 weeks after items 1–3 are live and compare impressions for "[service] + [town]" queries.

Client: Northgate Plumbing & Heating, 11 engineers, serving one city and 6 nearby towns Site: 214 pages: home, 18 service pages, 7 town pages, 160 blog posts, contact and legal pages Goal: more calls from local searches such as "boiler repair [town]"

The client and all details are made up.

About this service

Blogs and news sites need Article or NewsArticle markup that agrees with the page: the headline, the real publish and update dates, the image, the publisher, and authors marked as Person with a link to their profile page. Common problems are the theme setting the site name as author, update dates that change on every edit, and author pages with no markup at all. We review your article and author templates and write JSON-LD for both, so each article points to a properly described author and publisher.

What is included

  • What you getA review of the current article markup and JSON-LD templates for your article pages, author pages and publisher, with notes on dates, bylines and how your theme or plugin should fill them.
  • Article typeArticle, BlogPosting or NewsArticle
  • Honest datesPublished and real update dates
  • Author as PersonName, profile URL and sameAs links
  • Author pagesProfilePage markup for each author
  • PublisherOrganization with logo, set once

How it works

  1. 1
    TemplatesYou send article and author pages
  2. 2
    ReviewWe check what the theme outputs
  3. 3
    MarkupYou get JSON-LD templates

What we need from you

A link to the site, two or three article URLs and author page URLs, your CMS and SEO plugin, and for each author their name, role and public profiles you want linked.

We will ask you:

  • Is the site a blog, a magazine or a news site?
  • Which CMS and SEO plugin do you use?
  • Who are the authors, and which profiles should be linked?

Compare packages

PackagesBasicUp to 3 authors$10StandardUp to 10 authors$20PremiumUp to 25 authors$39
Deadline2 days3 days5 days
Revisions122
Templates reviewedup to 2up to 4up to 6
Author profiles marked upup to 3up to 10up to 25
Publisher markupYesYesYes
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Questions and answers

Does author markup improve rankings?

It does not boost rankings by itself. It helps search engines connect articles to real people and your organisation, which supports trust.

Should I update dateModified when I fix a typo?

No. Only change it for meaningful updates. The notes show how to stop your CMS from changing it on every save.

Can several authors be listed?

Yes, each as a separate Person. Guest authors get the same treatment if they have a profile page.

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