Article, for each article page
One block on each article page, describing that article. Google says “There are no required properties; instead, add the properties that apply to your content.”
What our audit checks
- The audit treats a page as an article when it has og:type article, an article element, or a path with /blog/, /news/, /guide/ or a similar folder. Without Article markup, the report says“Article-like page is missing Article JSON-LD.”Its fix: “Add Article schema with headline, dates, author, publisher, and image.”
- It matches the type Article by name. A block typed only BlogPosting or NewsArticle still gets that finding.
- With no author meta tag, it reads author from the JSON-LD: a name, or the first named author in a list. With neither, it says“Article-like page has no author meta tag or JSON-LD author, reducing citation credibility.”
- With no article:published_time meta tag, it reads datePublished from the JSON-LD. With neither, it says“Article-like page has no article:published_time, making it harder for AI to assess freshness.”
Our validator reads this block with no errors. Open it in the validator to check your own copy.
Article JSON-LD
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Article",
"headline": "[The article title]",
"image": [
"[https://www.example.com/images/article-16x9.jpg]"
],
"datePublished": "[2026-10-14T09:00:00+00:00]",
"dateModified": "[2026-10-14T09:00:00+00:00]",
"author": [
{
"@type": "Person",
"name": "[Author Name]",
"url": "[https://www.example.com/about/author-name]"
}
],
"publisher": {
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "[Example Ltd]",
"url": "[https://www.example.com/]"
}
}
</script>Each field, at its source
| Field | schema.org says | Google says |
|---|---|---|
| headline | schema.org says“Headline of the article.” | Google says“The title of the article. Consider using a concise title, as long titles may be truncated on some devices.” |
| image | schema.org says“An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.” | Google says“The URL to an image that is representative of the article.” Google asks for a “minimum of 50K pixels when multiplying width and height” at 16x9, 4x3 or 1x1. |
| datePublished | schema.org says“Date of first publication or broadcast.” | Google says“The date and time the article was first published, in ISO 8601 format.” “We recommend that you provide timezone information; otherwise, we will default to the timezone used by Googlebot.” |
| dateModified | schema.org says“The date on which the CreativeWork was most recently modified” | Google says“The date and time the article was most recently modified, in ISO 8601 format.” |
| author | schema.org says“The author of this content or rating.” | Google says“The author of the article.” |
| author.name | schema.org says“The name of the item.” | Google says“The name of the author.” |
| author.url | schema.org says“URL of the item.” | Google says“A link to a web page that uniquely identifies the author of the article.” |
| publisher | schema.org says“The publisher of the article in question.” | Google saysWe quote no Google note on this field. |
- schema.org: Article (opens in a new tab) · page dated 16 Sep 2026
- Google: Article structured data (opens in a new tab) · page dated 8 Sep 2026