Check 3.3 · Page content

Do your pages carry headings, dates and an author?

Headings, dates and authorship are present. Headings tell a retriever where a passage begins and what it is about.

By Reflexa Technologies — the team building Reflexa, the agent that works on your site · updated 16 October 2026

What the check looks at

The check looks at each page for a heading hierarchy (one H1, H2s that structure the content), a visible publication or update date, and a named author or organization — the signals that let an engine extract a passage and attribute it correctly.

Why it matters

Headings tell a retriever where a passage begins and what it is about. A date tells it whether the fact is current. An author tells it who to credit — and attribution is what turns a quote into a citation of you.

How to see it on your own site

View the page: is there exactly one H1? Do H2s divide the content? Is there a date and a byline a reader can see?

How to fix it

What the agent does: the agent proposes a title and heading structure for a page and writes the title when you approve it.

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Part of the 23 checks · group: Page content — text without JavaScript, response time, internal links, answer-first structure, self-contained sections, headings/dates/authorship.

Questions people ask.

Does the date have to be in the schema and on the page?

Both — the schema for machines, the visible date so the two agree (and the schema-vs-text check passes).

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