Byline Schema (Article author)
Byline schema is the use of schema.org/Article with an author property pointing to a Person entity (with sameAs, jobTitle, knowsAbout) — the structured-data backbone of E-E-A-T.
In context
AI engines lean heavily on byline schema to surface 'who said this' alongside answers. A page with strong byline schema (named author, professional credentials, sameAs to LinkedIn / professional registries, knowsAbout matching the topic) is more likely to be cited than an unbylined page on the same topic. Implementation: every editorial article should emit Article schema with author as a Person entity, and the author should have a dedicated /team/{slug} page with full ProfilePage schema.
Every torontoseo.com article emits Article schema with author pointing to /team/martin-vassilev — and Martin's profile page emits Person schema with sameAs LinkedIn, knowsAbout, alumniOf, hasCredential.
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