Audit NewsArticle markup
Inspect raw HTML for NewsArticle types and the core properties supplied for a published story.
News SEO Checker
Free, no signup. Check Article markup, date consistency, and author schema in raw HTML. News sitemap freshness and Google News inclusion remain outside the report.
Checks run from our server; we fetch the URL you enter and don't keep the results. Anonymous run-level outcome counters may be used for aggregate research; URLs, domains, IPs, and identifiers are never included, and no statistic is released below 100 runs.
Sample report Deterministic detector example
HTML with "@type":"NewsArticle", "datePublished":"2026-07-12", an author property, and visible “Published July 12, 2026” returns:
Article schema: NewsArticle/Article schema found.
Date honesty: Schema date 2026-07-12; visible date July 12, 2026.
Author entity: Schema author found.
How to use it
- Enter one public article URL and select Audit.
- Check whether Article markup and an author property were visible in fetched HTML.
- Compare the date-honesty summary with the actual byline and timestamps.
- Validate the complete structured data and news sitemap separately before publication.
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What the results mean
- Article schema — raw markup contains NewsArticle or Article.
- Date honesty — the schema and visible dates contain the same detected year; a pass is not full timestamp validation.
- Author entity — an author key appears in schema.
- Could not triangulate — one or both simple date patterns were unavailable.
How it works
The page fetches public raw HTML through the protected endpoint. Deterministic regular-expression detectors inspect serialized markup for Article type, datePublished, and author, and body text for a visible Published or Updated month-day-year date. Only the detected years are compared.
Features
- Three independent page-level findings.
- NewsArticle and general Article recognition.
- Visible-versus-schema year comparison.
- Explicit unavailable state when dates cannot be compared.
Limitations
The checker does not render JavaScript, parse every ISO/date variation, distinguish datePublished from dateModified semantics, validate an author identity, or inspect publisher/logo fields. It does not test news sitemaps, paywall markup, article images, policies, Discover, Top Stories, indexing, or Google News inclusion.
Frequently asked questions
What does the News SEO Checker test?
It checks raw HTML for NewsArticle or Article schemaArticle schema (Article, NewsArticle, or BlogPosting) is structured data marking up a written piece's headline, author, and dates — Google labels it the "Article rich result," but it's a better-displayed existing result, not a distinct new card, and it isn't required for Top Stories or Discover eligibility., compares a schema publication year with a visible Published or Updated date when both exist, and reports whether schema contains an author property.
Does it check Google News eligibility?
No. Eligibility depends on policies, site quality, transparency, and systems this page-level raw-HTML audit cannot observe.
Why is date honesty informational?
The checker can compare only simple date patterns. If either the schema date or a recognizable visible date is missing, it cannot triangulate them and reports that limitation instead of guessing.
Does an author property prove editorial credibility?
No. It only confirms that an author field appears in schema. It does not validate the person, profile, expertise, byline visibility, or editorial process.
Does the tool inspect a news sitemap?
No. News sitemapA news sitemap is a sitemap (a standalone file or a section of an existing sitemap) that uses Google's news: XML namespace to tell Google about your recent articles — only those published in the last two days. It speeds discovery of breaking content; it isn't a ranking factor and isn't required for Google News eligibility. inclusion and its two-day freshness window are outside this one-page audit.
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Where this tool helps
Common use cases
Verify publication dates
Compare structured publication and modification dates with visible timestamps and flag disagreements.
Review author signals
Check whether byline and structured author information are present and coherent in the fetched source.
Preflight a newsroom template
Test a representative article before applying markup or timestamp changes across the publishing system.
Watch the full workflow
News SEO Checker walkthrough
Read the transcript
News SEO Checker
A news article can expose inconsistent schema, visible publication dates, or author signals. This checker inspects raw-H-T-M-L Article markup, performs a bounded date-honesty comparison, and looks for a schema author property. I’ll show the workflow, result meanings, incomplete-evidence handling, limitations, and the wider publication checks to complete next.
Step 1
Use this audit on a canonical public news or editorial article when templates change, dates look inconsistent, authors are missing from markup, or publication workflows need a quick raw-H-T-M-L check.
Step 2
Use the final public article U-R-L. The protected endpoint fetches raw H-T-M-L without executing page scripts, so JavaScript-injected schema, authors, or timestamps may require rendered inspection.
Step 3
This walkthrough enters a fictional news dot example article U-R-L and does not make a live fetch. In normal use, select Audit and interpret each finding independently rather than treating one passing row as an overall verdict.
Step 4
This explicitly fictional report demonstrates the independent rows. A schema string, matching detected year, and author key are useful observations, but they are not complete structured-data or editorial-policy validation.
Step 5
The schema row looks for raw NewsArticle or Article type evidence. It does not parse every required property or prove that the graph describes the visible story correctly.
Step 6
Date honesty compares simple detected schema and visible date patterns, especially their year. A pass is not full timestamp validation and does not distinguish publication from modification semantics.
Step 7
The author row observes an author key in schema. It does not validate the person or organization, profile U-R-L, credentials, byline visibility, or editorial accountability.
Step 8
The checker keeps schema type, date comparison, and author presence separate, making it easier to investigate one concern without implying broad news eligibility.
Step 9
The protected fetch supplies public raw H-T-M-L, and deterministic detectors inspect supported type, date, and author patterns. Unavailable patterns produce a triangulation limit rather than an invented conclusion.
Step 10
When a fetch is truncated or required document evidence is unavailable, observed positives may remain useful, but absence and clean-page claims are not evaluated. Inspect the raw source and rendered page directly.
Step 11
The checker does not render JavaScript, parse every date variation, validate author identity, distinguish every date semantic, or inspect publisher and logo fields. News sitemaps, paywalls, images, policy, indexing, Discover, Top Stories, and Google News inclusion are outside scope.
Step 12
Confirm the rendered byline and dates, validate the full Article graph, inspect author and publisher entities, check images and paywall declarations, update the news sitemap, verify crawl and canonical signals, and monitor actual indexing and news surfaces.
Keep the visible story and machine-readable facts aligned.
Confirm the byline, publication and modification timestamps, author identity, and complete Article graph on the rendered page. Then validate article images, publisher data, paywall markup, news sitemaps, crawlability, canonicals, and indexing. Discover, Top Stories, and Google News inclusion remain observed outcomes, not promises from this audit.
Common issues & how to fix them
- Warning Article schema is missing Fix: Add an Article, NewsArticle, or BlogPosting JSON-LD entity that describes the visible story and its canonical URL.
- Warning Schema and visible publication dates disagree Fix: Make datePublished and dateModified match the dates visibly shown to readers, including correct timezone offsets.