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name: author-info description: "Use when auditing metadata, crawlability, structured data, or indexability related to Implement comprehensive author markup. Verify the rendered HTML and HTTP response rather than relying only on source files." metadata: category: seo priority: medium difficulty: intermediate estimatedTime: "15" source: frontendchecklist.io url: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/author-info

Implement comprehensive author markup

Structured author information helps search engines uniquely identify authors across the web, building an authority profile that can benefit your site's rankings.

Quick Reference

• Use JSON-LD to provide detailed metadata about the author (Person or Organization)
• Include properties like name, url, sameAs, and jobTitle
• Connect author markup to the main Article or WebPage schema

Check

Verify that the page includes structured data identifying the author with relevant metadata.

Fix

Add a Person or Organization schema to your JSON-LD block and link it to the author property of your content.

Explain

Explain how 'sameAs' properties in schema help search engines connect an author to their other authoritative profiles.

Code Review

Review metadata generation, rendered HTML, structured data, and response headers related to Implement comprehensive author markup. Flag exact routes or templates where search-facing output violates the rule, and describe how to verify the final page output.

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For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance, see references/rule.md.

Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/rules/seo/author-info