Person — Author Page
Person schema for an author bio page establishing expertise and linking to social profiles.
Note: Knowledge Panel eligibility + E-E-A-T signals
When to Use
Author pages, team member profiles, expert bios. Critical for E-E-A-T — helps Google establish the author as a named, verifiable expert rather than an anonymous content source. Increasingly important for AI citation attribution.
JSON-LD Code
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "Person",
"name": "Dr. Sarah Chen",
"givenName": "Sarah",
"familyName": "Chen",
"honorificPrefix": "Dr.",
"jobTitle": "Head of SEO Research",
"description": "SEO researcher and practitioner with 12 years of experience in technical SEO and AI search optimization. PhD in Information Science from Stanford University.",
"image": {
"@type": "ImageObject",
"url": "https://example.com/authors/sarah-chen.jpg",
"width": 400,
"height": 400
},
"url": "https://example.com/author/sarah-chen",
"email": "[email protected]",
"worksFor": {
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "SEOCheckPilot",
"url": "https://seocheckpilot.com"
},
"alumniOf": {
"@type": "EducationalOrganization",
"name": "Stanford University"
},
"knowsAbout": [
"Technical SEO",
"Core Web Vitals",
"AI Search Optimization",
"Structured Data",
"JavaScript SEO"
],
"sameAs": [
"https://twitter.com/sarahchenSEO",
"https://linkedin.com/in/sarahchen-seo",
"https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=example",
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example"
]
}
</script>Implementation Notes
The sameAs array is crucial — linking to verified social profiles (especially LinkedIn and Twitter/X) lets Google cross-reference the author across multiple authoritative sources. This is the strongest E-E-A-T signal in Person schema.
Validate & test this schema
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