Does AEO_AUTHOR_DECLARED affect my score?

No. It is a detection rule: it runs, appears in your report and never penalises you. "Content declares an author" is information about the page rather than a defect - most pages are not expected to satisfy it.

What does RESEARCH confidence mean?

Backed by large-sample study or industry research, not a specification. Confidence is a declared tier rather than a per-rule number, so every rule backed by the same class of evidence carries the same weight - which is what makes the score reproducible instead of hand-tuned.

How do I check AEO_AUTHOR_DECLARED on my own site?

Paste your URL into the box above and it runs only this rule, usually in a couple of seconds. It is also included in the Answer Engine checker and in a full scan.

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Content declares an author

AEO_AUTHOR_DECLARED

Authorship is a direct input to how much weight an answer engine gives a claim, and is explicit in Google's quality guidance.

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How this rule is weighted

Importance: 5 / 10; How much this matters relative to other rules.
Confidence: RESEARCH; Backed by large-sample study or industry research, not a specification.
Severity: warning; How the finding is presented when it fails.
Scoring: Excluded; Reported in the report, never penalised.

Impact is importance multiplied by the confidence tier’s weight — SPECIFICATION 1.0, RESEARCH 0.7, EMERGING 0.3, EXPERIMENTAL 0.1. Two rules backed by the same class of evidence therefore always carry the same weight, which is what makes the score reproducible rather than hand-tuned.

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Does AEO_AUTHOR_DECLARED affect my score?: No. It is a detection rule: it runs, appears in your report and never penalises you. "Content declares an author" is information about the page rather than a defect - most pages are not expected to satisfy it.
What does RESEARCH confidence mean?: Backed by large-sample study or industry research, not a specification. Confidence is a declared tier rather than a per-rule number, so every rule backed by the same class of evidence carries the same weight - which is what makes the score reproducible instead of hand-tuned.
How do I check AEO_AUTHOR_DECLARED on my own site?: Paste your URL into the box above and it runs only this rule, usually in a couple of seconds. It is also included in the Answer Engine checker and in a full scan.

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