Verify Testimonials Include Headshots with Attribution

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Checks that every testimonial on the site pairs a real headshot with a name and attribution, so praise is visibly from real people.

Category: Website QA Audit

Use this when running Layer 2 (Content Architecture Checks) of the Website QA Audit – an anonymous quote with no face reads as invented.

Inputs

  • Site URL with all testimonial placements identified (homepage, services pages, dedicated testimonials page)
  • Google Images reverse search for headshot verification
  • The audit report/spreadsheet for logging results

Steps

  1. Inventory every testimonial across the site, including sliders and carousels (advance them – hidden slides count).
  2. For each testimonial, check for a headshot: a real photo of the actual person quoted, not an initials avatar, a logo, or a stock face.
  3. Check for attribution: at minimum the person's real full name; flag "J.D.", "Happy Customer", or first-name-only entries.
  4. Reverse-search any headshot that looks like a stock model – a stock face on a testimonial fails the whole block's credibility.
  5. Where headshot or attribution is missing, note what to collect from the client (photo permission, full name) as the fix.
  6. Log each testimonial with headshot and attribution verdicts in the audit report.

Definition of done (QA checklist)

  • 100% of testimonials display a real, non-stock headshot of the person quoted
  • 100% of testimonials carry at least a verifiable full name – zero anonymous or initials-only quotes
  • Testimonial inventory logged in the audit report, linked back to /website-qa-audit

Example(s)

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

File in the zip: skills/website-qa-audit/verify-testimonials-include-headshots-with-attribution.md. Download the Task Library zip.

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