Identity & Authority: Checkatrade – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

Checkatrade

(https://www.checkatrade.com) 📸 Data Snapshot: May 16, 2026
Identity & Authority — The Lens

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.
0 Impact Weight: 15 / 100
0% Reputation

There is no schema_json provided, meaning no structured data supports the brand’s identity as a legitimate Organization or LocalBusiness. No experts, founders, or team members are named, and there is no digital footprint or sameAs links to establish authority. The technical implementation failed to deliver content, resulting in a maximum technical credibility gap.

The site makes no performance claims in the provided text because the body is empty. However, the disconnect between the brand’s intended purpose (a directory of verified trades) and the zero-substance reality of the data is a 100% failure. There are no case studies, results, or metrics to support the brand’s industry presence.

Identity & Authority is read from the structured data first: whether the site declares who it is in machine-readable schema, with verifiable identity links. Below is the schema captured per page, then the external proof links that support (or fail to support) that identity.

🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps
Homepage — no schema detected (entity gap)
🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity
0Review mentions (all pages)
0External proof links (all pages)
PageReviewsProof links
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