Authorship is attributed
One of 40 checks the scanner runs. This one is worth 3 points inside the Trust & Authority dimension, which carries 10% of the total score.
What does this check look at?
Authorship is signalled by any of: a Person node in parsed JSON-LD, an author property with a non-empty value in parsed JSON-LD, rel="author", or a visible byline matching "by Firstname Lastname".
How do I fix it?
- Attribute content to a named person or organisation.
Why is it worth 3 points?
Points are relative weights inside a dimension, and a dimension's weight decides how much of the total it can move. The reasoning for this dimension's weight is published rather than asserted:
| Dimension | Trust & Authority — 10% of the total score |
| Points for this check | 3 of 10 in this dimension |
| Worth at most | 3.0 of the 100 points |
Weighted equally with answer readiness: attribution is what separates a quote from a rumour.
What else is measured in this dimension?
- Served over HTTPS — 2 points
- About and contact paths are linked — 3 points
- Entity is cross-referenced — 2 points
How do I see my own result?
Run a scan on your own domain. The report lists every failed check with the evidence that produced it, so you can tell a real failure from a check that does not apply.
Run a free GEO audit on your own site →
The full method, including the dimensions that are deliberately weighted low and the parts of the picture a single-URL scan cannot see, is on the methodology page.