Add Dates to Your Article Markup - It Matters

Google recently updated its Article Structured Data guidelines to include dateModified and datePublished as recommended attributes for your page's article markup.

Here's an example of the code you'll want to use for your Article Structured Data. Remember to put all of your Structured Data markup through Google's Structured Data Testing Tool.

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "http://schema.org",
  "@type": "TechArticle",
  "mainEntityOfPage": {
    "@type": "WebPage",
    "@id": "https://www.domain.com/techarticles/msd-crank-trigger-setup.html"
  },
  "headline": "MSD Crank Trigger Setup and Rotor Phasing",
   "description": "How to setup a MSD Crank Trigger and Phase the Rotor.",
   "image":
   "https://www.domain.com/techarticles/images/MSD-Crank-Trigger.jpg",
  "datePublished": "2015-05-25",
  "dateModified": "2018-09-12",
  "author": {
    "@type": "Person",
    "name": "John Heard",
     "url": "https://johnheard.com",
    "sameAs": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/john.heardx3",
    "https://www.linkedin.com/in/heardjohn/",
    "https://twitter.com/johnheard",
    "https://plus.google.com/+JohnHeardx3"
  ]
  },
    "video": [
       {
      "name": "MSD Crank Trigger Polarity Test",
      "description": "How to check if the magnets are installed correctly in a MSD Crank Trigger Wheel",
      "thumbnailUrl": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k0m7M-DjiDo/maxresdefault.jpg",
      "contentUrl": "https://youtu.be/k0m7M-DjiDo?list=UUEtAyz4B24bZ25hrBvA_mnA",
      "embedUrl": "http://www.example.com/videoplayer.swf?video=123",
      "uploadDate": "2011-12-29",
      "duration": "PT1M04S",
      "interactionCount": "6930"
     }
  ],
   "publisher": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "domain.com",
    "logo": {
      "@type": "ImageObject",
      "url": "https://www.domain.com/images/domain-logo.png"
    }
  }


}
</script>

John Heard shared the above code snippet within SEN's MasterMind Skype group after adding the new date attributes to an older arti...