When I tried to test my blog has been running well or not. I tried to test my blog in Google webmaster tools rich snippets, but the result was very disappointing. A message appears : missing required field "updated" and missing required hCard "author". This error is found mostly in case of blogspot /blogger blogs. If you are trying to include rich snippet in your blog/website hosted in blogger/blogspot for claiming authorship. Please correct this error by following this tutorial, maybe in another template code placement is different from mine.
First step:
Log into your blogger dashboard, design >> edit HTML >> tick the 'Expand Widget Templates', for safety I recommend you to "Download Full Template" first and save your template to your hard disk. Copy this code :
Log into your blogger dashboard, design >> edit HTML >> tick the 'Expand Widget Templates', for safety I recommend you to "Download Full Template" first and save your template to your hard disk. Copy this code :
<div class='vcard' id='hcard- your name'><span class='fn n'><span class='given-name'>Posted by: your name</span></span></div><a class='updated' href=' http://your blog URL/ ' rel='bookmark'>your blog name </a> Updated at: <abbr class='published' expr:title='data:post.timestampISO8601'><data:post.timestamp/></abbr>Paste that code like the example below :
<div style='clear: both;'/> <!-- clear for photos floats -->Second step :
</div>
<div class='vcard' id='hcard- your name'>
<span class='fn n'>
<span class='given-name'>Posted by: your name</span>
</span>
</div>
<a class='updated' href=' http://your blog URL/ ' rel='bookmark'>your blog name </a> Updated at: <abbr class='published' expr:title='data:post.timestampISO8601'><data:post.timestamp/></abbr>
<b:if cond='data:post.hasJumpLink'>
<div class='jump-link'>
<a expr:href='data:post.url + "#more"'><data:post.jumpText/></a>
</div>
</b:if>
<div class='post-footer'>
Adjust some code :
- <div class='vcard' id='hcard- your name'> : replace with your name;
- <span class='given-name'>Posted by: your name</span> : replace with your name;
- <a class='updated' href=' http://your blog URL/ ' rel='bookmark'>your blog name </a> : replace with your blog url and blogname.
Save your template, test again your blog in Google webmaster tools rich snippets, first enter your blog url then click preview see what the result. Does the error still appear ?