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(https://www.zodigital.jp) 📸 Data Snapshot: May 19, 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.

Pillar: Identity & Authority Analysis Diagnosis: Expert Verifiability & Schema Depth

Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.

15 Impact Weight: 15 / 100

100% Reputation

Diagnosis: Authority Gaps

Authority gaps are non-existent as the founder, Jeff Crawford, has a verifiable digital footprint mentioned in the schema and backed by a professional history at Apple and Microsoft. The Organization schema is properly implemented with sameAs links to LinkedIn and X, and the person schema identifies the founder with specific expertise properties, leaving no room for identity-based BS.

Evidence: Performance vs. Claims

There is virtually no disconnect between the agency’s performance claims and its demonstrated knowledge. Bold claims like 10x Page Views are situated within success story blocks that describe the methodology used (Topic Clusters, Content Gap Analysis), which matches the technical depth found in the site’s extensive blog guides.

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

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🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity

58Review mentions (all pages)

9External proof links (all pages)

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/ (home)	7	0
/seo/	11	0
/contact-us/	9	0
/blog/guide-to-japan-seo/	21	3
/blog/what-is-the-most-popular-search-engine-in-japan/	4	3
/blog/guide-to-link-building-in-japan/	6	3

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