The Des Moines Register
(https://desmoinesregister.com) 📸 Data Snapshot: May 29, 2026Inspect 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.
A significant technical authority gap exists: all 4 pages return null for schema_json and show a broken heading hierarchy (empty headings_h2_h6 and h1 fields). For a major news organization in 2026, the absence of NewsArticle or Organization structured data—and the failure to provide sameAs links for named journalists mentioned in the text—weakens the digital authority footprint.
There are no marketing performance claims to disconnect. The site functions as a record of fact rather than a sales tool. The disconnect is purely technical—the ‘authority’ implied by the reporting is not supported by the underlying metadata structure captured in the crawl.
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
🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity
| Page | Reviews | Proof links |
|---|---|---|
| / (home) | 2 | 0 |
| /news/ | 2 | 0 |
| /news/politics/ | 2 | 0 |
| /sports/ | 2 | 0 |
This page presents a snapshot of public data from The Des Moines Register, captured on May 29, 2026, to show how machine logic reads Identity & Authority signals into an AI reputation evaluation.
Purpose: This data is presented under “Fair Use” for the purpose of independent signal analysis, allowing readers to see the raw signals behind the reputation score.
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