# Authorship is attributed

How the Authorship is attributed check works, what a failure means, and how to fix it in the Trust & Authority dimension.

- Dimension: Trust & Authority (10% of the total score)
- This check: 3 points
- Check id: `author`

## 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?

Weighted equally with answer readiness: attribution is what separates a quote from a rumour.

## What else is measured in this dimension?

- [Served over HTTPS](https://geo-scanner.ccie13192.com/checks/https/) — 2 points
- [About and contact paths are linked](https://geo-scanner.ccie13192.com/checks/about-contact/) — 3 points
- [Entity is cross-referenced](https://geo-scanner.ccie13192.com/checks/sameas/) — 2 points

## How do I see my own result?

Run a free scan on your own domain at https://geo-scanner.ccie13192.com/ - the report lists every failed check with the evidence that produced it.

The full method is published at https://geo-scanner.ccie13192.com/methodology/