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How to fix: Article / BlogPosting schema with author + datePublished
Why this matters
Article (or BlogPosting / NewsArticle) schema with author, datePublished, and headline establishes content provenance. AI engines increasingly weight E-E-A-T signals (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) — schema-declared authorship is the cleanest version of that signal.
Background
Article (or BlogPosting / NewsArticle) schema with author, datePublished, and headline establishes content provenance for AI source-selection. Increasingly required by AI engines evaluating E-E-A-T (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) — schema-declared authorship is the cleanest version of that signal.
References
Schema.org Article · Google Search Central · Article structured data
How to fix
Code snippet for each stack we cover. Pick the one matching your server / framework.
nginx
No server config — page-template change.
apache
Same — page-template change.
cloudflare
No edge config. Add JSON-LD via your CMS.
wordpress
Yoast SEO and RankMath both auto-emit Article schema on posts. Verify it includes author (Person with name + url) and datePublished.
flask
Render JSON-LD in the post template: {"@type":"Article","headline":...,"author":{"@type":"Person","name":...},"datePublished":...}.
express
Same — emit from the post route.
rails
Helper or partial that renders the Article schema from the post model.
Verify it's working
Validator.schema.org should report Article + author + datePublished + headline.
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