Kotaku

(https://kotaku.co.uk) 📸 Data Snapshot: May 30, 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

The site has no authority gaps, utilizing sophisticated JSON-LD schema that includes Organization and Person types. Named journalists like Zack Kotzer are presented with clear attribution, and the schema includes sameAs links to official social media properties. The technical implementation matches the positioning of a professional media outlet.

Evidence: Performance vs. Claims

Performance claims are specific and verifiable, such as tracking the ‘lowest price ever’ for Govee RGBIC Light Bars or the ‘lowest price of the year’ for the DualSense Edge controller. There are no unsubstantiated ‘world-leading’ or ‘unrivaled’ claims typical of high-BS marketing sites. The site demonstrates its value through constant news updates rather than self-aggrandizing prose.

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

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            "@type": "Article",
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            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://kotaku.com/"
            },
            "author": {
                "name": "Kotaku",
                "@id": "https://kotaku.com/#/schema/person/70c4bdd475f28797469306bcb2a83ea9"
            },
            "headline": "Home",
            "datePublished": "2025-07-03T12:38:21+00:00",
            "dateModified": "2026-05-30T21:47:04+00:00",
            "mainEntityOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://kotaku.com/"
            },
            "wordCount": 1,
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://kotaku.com/#organization"
            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://kotaku.com/",
            "url": "https://kotaku.com/",
            "name": "Kotaku - Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More.",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://kotaku.com/#website"
            },
            "about": {
                "@id": "https://kotaku.com/#organization"
            },
            "datePublished": "2025-07-03T12:38:21+00:00",
            "dateModified": "2026-05-30T21:47:04+00:00",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://kotaku.com/#breadcrumb"
            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
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                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
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                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home"
                }
            ]
        },
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            },
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                }
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        },
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            },
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                "caption": "Kotaku"
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        }
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}

/feed/

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            },
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            "dateModified": "2026-05-30T21:47:04+00:00",
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            },
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            },
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        },
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            },
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            },
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            "dateModified": "2026-05-30T21:47:04+00:00",
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            },
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                }
            ]
        },
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                }
            ]
        },
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            "url": "https://kotaku.com/",
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            "description": "Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More.",
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            },
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                }
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            },
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            ]
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            "name": "Kotaku",
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                "caption": "Kotaku"
            },
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        }
    ]
}

/games/

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            },
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            },
            "headline": "Home",
            "datePublished": "2025-07-03T12:38:21+00:00",
            "dateModified": "2026-05-30T21:47:04+00:00",
            "mainEntityOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://kotaku.com/"
            },
            "wordCount": 1,
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                "@id": "https://kotaku.com/#organization"
            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebPage",
            "@id": "https://kotaku.com/",
            "url": "https://kotaku.com/",
            "name": "Kotaku - Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More.",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://kotaku.com/#website"
            },
            "about": {
                "@id": "https://kotaku.com/#organization"
            },
            "datePublished": "2025-07-03T12:38:21+00:00",
            "dateModified": "2026-05-30T21:47:04+00:00",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://kotaku.com/#breadcrumb"
            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
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                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
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                }
            ]
        },
        {
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            "url": "https://kotaku.com/",
            "name": "Kotaku",
            "description": "Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More.",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://kotaku.com/#organization"
            },
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                    },
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                }
            ],
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://kotaku.com/#organization",
            "name": "Kotaku",
            "url": "https://kotaku.com/",
            "logo": {
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            },
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            ]
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                "caption": "Kotaku"
            },
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        }
    ]
}

/download/

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    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "Article",
            "@id": "https://kotaku.com/#article",
            "isPartOf": {
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            },
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            },
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            },
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        },
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            },
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            },
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            "dateModified": "2026-05-30T21:47:04+00:00",
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            },
            "inLanguage": "en-US",
            "potentialAction": [
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                    "target": [
                        "https://kotaku.com/"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
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                }
            ]
        },
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            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://kotaku.com/#organization"
            },
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                }
            ],
            "inLanguage": "en-US"
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
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            },
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            },
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            ]
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                "caption": "Kotaku"
            },
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        }
    ]
}

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

88Review mentions (all pages)

12External proof links (all pages)

Page	Reviews	Proof links
/ (home)	22	3
/feed/	22	3
/games/	22	3
/download/	22	3

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Analysis Disclosure & Source Attribution

This page presents a snapshot of public data from Kotaku, captured on May 30, 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.

Notice to Kotaku: This analysis is part of a non-adversarial audit conducted by 1 Euro SEO. The results are intended as professional feedback to help improve any website’s machine-readability and authority signals. The evaluation is free, and any company can request a fresh audit at any time.

Any company can use the insights for free and improve its voice. When a company has updated its content, it can always submit a new audit request, which will be reflected in a new current score.

To all users: You are encouraged to visit the live site at https://kotaku.co.uk to view the most current version of its content and see directly what this company is about and what it offers.

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