How to Fix Missing: author Error from Blogger Template?
Are you getting the Missing required hCard "author" or similar hEntry / microformat error in Google's structure data testing tool? This is an issue with your Blogger template. Learn how to fix missing author error from template?
In your Google Search Console you might see an error that
missing: author. This error can be found in Google Webmaster Tools -> Search Appearance -> Structured Data-
> hentry (markup: microformats.org). However for confirmation you can
test your Blog by Google structure data testing tool. After testing your Blogger template on Google structure
data testing tools if you see this is displaying an error then you must fix
this error as soon as possible.
The origin of this error is a hatom error under
microformats.org markup. This error means search engine can’t understand the
Blog Author. Formerly there was great impact of author on search engine. Because
Author image often got visibility beside of content link on search engine. And
this feature was known as Google’s Rich snippet error. If Google search robot
can’t identify the author image then they don’t show the author image on search
engine.
However now this system has changed and after evolving
Google Plus now author image is displaying on search engine through Google Plus
shared content. Google search Robot or spider whatever visit our site then they
try to understand our site thus they can display on search engine result page fruitfully.
But if this machine can’t read your Blog then your site may not get frequent
visibility on search engine result page.
Though this is a less important SEO related issue but we
should make our template error free. To solve this issue please follow the
below tutorial-
Step 1 Go to https://www.blogger.com and Sign in to your
account
Step 2 From Blogger
Dashboard click on ->Template ->Edit HTML
Step 3 And locate script
like below from your Blogger template
<span class='post-author vcard' >
<b:if cond='data:top.showAuthor'>
<b:if cond='data:post.authorProfileUrl'>
<span class='fn'>
<a expr:href='data:post.authorProfileUrl' rel='author' title='author profile'>
<data:post.author/>
</a>
</span>
<b:else/>
<span class='fn'><data:post.author/></span>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</span>
Note that the code maybe not matches exactly like above but locate similar
code like above from your Blogger template.
Step 4 Finally replace
the above code by below script.
<span class='post-author vcard'>
<b:if cond='data:top.showAuthor'>
<b:if cond='data:post.authorProfileUrl'>
<span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'>
<meta expr:content='data:post.authorProfileUrl' itemprop='url'/>
<a class='g-profile' expr:href='data:post.authorProfileUrl' rel='author' title='author profile'>
<span itemprop='name'><data:post.author/></span>
</a>
</span>
<b:else/>
<span class='fn' itemprop='author' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/Person'>
<span itemprop='name'><data:post.author/></span>
</span>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</span>
Step 5 Now simply hit the Save
template button.
I have added a special feature in this script which is currently
using in my template. When a visitor will mouse over on your name then your
Google Plus profile will show up. This will help the search Robot to understand
your site and details about you from your Google Plus page.
Now check your Blog URL on https://developers.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/ and see
the result that error has gone.
Generally microformats.org
vocabulary can understand and read by all major search engines. In this
script you will see a little change. I have denoted the author by below markup.
- http://schema.org/Person
This means the whole script is for author or Blog writer,
admin whatever search robot will understand easily.
And for easy understanding I have added itemprop='author' which will give additional
information to search robot about the Blog author.
After applying this script it will take 3 to 4 days to
take effect. Because you have to wait until search Robot visit and crawl your
site, so be patient.
After few days check your Blog data from Google Webmaster Tools -> Search Appearance -> Structured Data- > hentry (markup: microformats.org) and see the error is reducing. I hope this tutorial help you to improve your Blog SEO. Happy Blogging!!!
After few days check your Blog data from Google Webmaster Tools -> Search Appearance -> Structured Data- > hentry (markup: microformats.org) and see the error is reducing. I hope this tutorial help you to improve your Blog SEO. Happy Blogging!!!
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<span class='post-author vcard' >
<b:if cond='data:top.showAuthor'>
<b:if cond='data:post.authorProfileUrl'>
<span class='fn'>
<a expr:href='data:post.authorProfileUrl' rel='author' title='author profile'>
<data:post.author/>
</a>
</span>
<b:else/>
<span class='fn'><data:post.author/></span>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</span>
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Thanks for publishing the detailed article with the code snippet to fix the issue. I have used the code snippet in my blog but I still see the Author error is getting increased as and when Google crawls.
Could you please help me fix this error as I'm not sure what to do in order to fix.
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Please let me know if you want me to share the template code to analyze. If yes, please share your email ID or any mode of sharing the file.
After applying the script it takes few days to take changes on Google Search Console. I just checked your site on "Structured Data Testing Tool", now in your theme doesn't have any error.
I must spend a while studying more or figuring out
more. Thank you for magnificent info I was searching for this info for my mission..
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I want to add the author name again. How to add it?
my blog www.abhinayberde.com
I have added your script to fix the missing author issue, however the google test tool still does not show the author under hatom. Can you please help?
Here is my URL for your reference -
https://www.sparingmoney.com/2018/01/gotenna.html
I just check your site it is ok. I didn't find any error on structure data testing tool result.
The error is not shown when you run the structured data testing took, however it shows up under Google webmaster tool -> Search appearance -> structured data. It shows all the pages with "Missing: author" and "Missing: updated" errors. I was able to fix the Missing updated error by adding a piece of code. However the "Missing: author" error is not going away. I think its because of the missing entry for 'author' in hatom markup.
Please check my most recently indexed page below. The Missing updated error is gone but it has the author error i.e. 'author' entry is missing in hatom.
https://www.sparingmoney.com/2017/04/teami-blends.html
Can you please let me know how to add author entry to hatom markup?
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