Identity & Authority: Herd – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

Herd

(https://herd.io) 📸 Data Snapshot: June 20, 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.
13 Impact Weight: 15 / 100
87% Reputation

Authority is well-established through schema.org Organization data containing a valid TaxID and VATID, though a gap exists at the individual level. While team leaders like Lee Bilsborough and Michael Bates are named, they lack associated Person schema or direct sameAs links to professional profiles in the structured data, relying instead on internal blog authorship as their primary footprint.

There is a tight connection between marketing claims and demonstrated results. For instance, the claim of ‘propelling your growth’ is immediately validated by a case study for Crafter’s Companion showing a ‘+119% site speed increase.’ The site avoids the ‘results guaranteed’ red flag, instead focusing on ‘measurable impact you can track.’

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 schema
[
    {
        "@context": "http://schema.org",
        "@type": "Organization",
        "name": "Herd",
        "url": "https://herd.io",
        "taxID": "08579517",
        "vatID": "GB198987313",
        "legalName": "Herd Agency Limited",
        "logo": "https://herd.io/cdn/shop/files/microdata-logo.png?v=1674815072",
        "image": "https://herd.io/cdn/shop/files/team-brainstorm-meeting-in-bright-sunny-office.jpg?v=1614118378",
        "address": {
            "@type": "PostalAddress",
            "streetAddress": "13 Waterside Business Park",
            "addressLocality": "Hessle",
            "postalCode": "HU13 0EG"
        },
        "contactPoint": {
            "@type": "ContactPoint",
            "contactType": "customer support",
            "telephone": "01482 256300",
            "email": "shopify@herd.io"
        },
        "sameAs": [
            "https://www.facebook.com/herdagency",
            "https://twitter.com/herdagency",
            "https://www.instagram.com/agencyherd/",
            "https://www.linkedin.com/company/herdagency"
        ]
    },
    {
        "@context": "http://schema.org",
        "@type": "WebSite",
        "url": "https://herd.io",
        "name": "Herd",
        "potentialAction": {
            "@type": "SearchAction",
            "target": "https://herd.io/search?q={search_term}",
            "query-input": "required name=search_term"
        }
    }
]
/pages/careers/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
/pages/performance-development/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
/pages/case-studies/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity
65Review mentions (all pages)
4External proof links (all pages)
PageReviewsProof links
/ (home) 24 1
/pages/careers/ 11 1
/pages/performance-development/ 23 1
/pages/case-studies/ 7 1