Matan · GEO · Authority (E-E-A-T)

Person schema

Schema.org Person ties the byline to an entity Google and models can graph.

Pass condition in our engine: Person JSON-LD is present.

1. Problem description

A name in the sidebar is not the same as a Person node with url, jobTitle and sameAs. Without it, the author is just a string. Combine with Organization for publisher + writer.

2. Most common causes

  • Article schema omits author.
  • Author is a plain text field.
  • Person JSON-LD is on the team page only, not on articles.

3. How to fix it

  1. Add Person (nested as Article.author or standalone) with name and url.
  2. Link sameAs to LinkedIn or a Wikipedia page if they exist.
  3. Keep the visible byline matching the schema name.

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