Implement Person Schema with Sameas Links

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Add Person schema JSON-LD to the entity home with a sameAs array binding every verified profile into one Google-readable entity.

Category: Personal Branding

Use this when the entity home and all core profiles are live with consistent headshots and bios – the closing step of Phase 1 (Digital Plumbing).

Inputs

  • Live entity home at yourname.com
  • Canonical name, job title, and the URL of the canonical headshot hosted on the domain
  • The complete list of live profile URLs (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter/X, GBP if applicable)

Steps

  1. Assemble the facts: exact canonical name, url (https://yourname.com), image (headshot URL on the domain), jobTitle, and every live profile URL.
  2. Write JSON-LD with @type Person containing name, url, image, jobTitle, and a sameAs array listing every verified profile – this is the wiring that tells Google all of these are the same person.
  3. Install the JSON-LD so it renders on the entity home's homepage (site-wide header or homepage block; on WordPress, a schema-capable SEO plugin or a custom HTML block).
  4. Validate with Google's Rich Results Test / schema validator until there are zero errors.
  5. Spot-check the loop: every sameAs URL resolves to a live profile, and that profile's website field points back to yourname.com. One-way links are half a loop.
  6. Make every schema claim match the visible site copy and published bios exactly – schema that contradicts the page is worse than no schema.
  7. Set a standing rule: any new verified profile or profile-grade feature page gets appended to sameAs when it goes live.

Definition of done (QA checklist)

  • Person JSON-LD live on the entity home; validator returns zero errors
  • sameAs lists every active profile; no dead or wrong-person URLs
  • Every sameAs target links back to yourname.com (reciprocal loop verified)
  • Schema facts identical to on-page copy and published bios
  • Linked back to the definitive article and relevant siblings
  • Complies with Blog Posting Guidelines (if it publishes content)

Example(s)

  • Example needed – run the Meta-Article Prompt after first real run.

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