Checks / Titles, headings and schema
Article without Article schema
Article schema gives author and date, which assistants weigh when citing.
schema_article_missing · Titles, headings and schema · Notice
What to change
Add Article or BlogPosting JSON-LD with headline, author and datePublished.
Example
HTML to put in the page:
<script type="application/ld+json">
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"How to choose trail shoes","datePublished":"2026-10-01","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jane Doe"}}
</script>How common it is
We have not measured how common this is on a sample of sites. Counts appear here when a study covers it.
About this check
| Check ID | schema_article_missing |
|---|---|
| Report section | Titles, headings and schema |
| Severity | Notice |
| How it is decided | Measured: read directly from the page or the server's response. |
| Added | Before 19 Oct 2026 (versions 1 and 2), or a site-wide check with no version date yet |
| Status | Measured in every report |
| Report gives the code | Yes, for each affected page |
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