Setting Fact Check Schema Markup in Your Content

Did you know that All in One SEO Pro lets you add Schema markup for fact checking of claims by others?

This means that search engines can display rich snippets for your fact checking like the example below.

Example of a fact check on a search result in Google

Setting the Schema Type for Individual Fact Checks

To set the Schema Type for individual content, edit your content and scroll down to the AIOSEO Settings section, then click on the Schema tab.

Now, click the Generate Schema button to open the Schema Generator.

You'll see the Schema Types that are available.

Click the Add Schema icon next to Fact Check to add it.

You can now edit the schema information.

Once done, click the Add Schema button to add the schema to the post.

The Fact Check schema has now been added to the post.

If you would like to edit any of the schema properties or delete the graph, click the Edit Schema or Delete Schema buttons in the graph card.

Configuring the Fact Check Specific Information

When you click on Fact Check as the Schema Type for your content, you'll see a popup with additional fields where you can enter your fact check information.

Complete the fields as described below:

  • Name – Enter the name of your fact check. By default, this is set to your post title.
  • Description – Enter the description of your fact check. By default, this is set to your post content.
  • Rating – Indicate how false/true the claim is that you have reviewed.
  • Date Published – Enter the publish date of your fact check.

In the Author section, you can set the following:

  • Type – Select whether the organizer is a person or a group/organization.
  • Name – Enter the name of the organizer .
  • URL – Enter the URL of the organizer's website or social media page.

You can leave all these fields blank if you have set an Organization in the Knowledge Graph settings and want to use that one.

In the Claim section, you can set the following:

  • Appearance – Enter a link to an article/outlet where the claim you reviewed was originally published or describe it using an inline description.
  • Date Published – Enter the date on which the claim was first published.
  • Author Type – Select whether the author of the claim is a person or a group/organization.
  • Author Name – Enter the name of the person/organization that published the claim.
  • Author URL – Enter a URL that references the person/organization that published the claim.
Claim section of the Fact Check schema screen

Once you've completed the fields, click the Add Schema button to save them.

You can also save this as a template which you can use on other fact checks by clicking the Save Schema as Template button.

You can learn about Schema Templates here.

Additional Information

Check out more documentation on our Schema Settings here.