Comment by jackfranklyn
5 hours ago
The structured data point in the top comment is spot on. Added Organization and SoftwareApplication schema to my own project recently and the shift in how Google indexes you is real - went from being treated as a random domain to Google actually understanding what the site represents.
What's maddening about this whole situation though is that Google already has every signal it needs. The GitHub repo links to nanoclaw.dev. The npm package links to it. The commit history proves authorship. But apparently domain age and raw backlink count still trump verified ownership signals. The system rewards whoever stakes out the domain first, not whoever actually built the thing.
I was actually excited reading this comment because I thought it might have some information useful to my site's SEO and then I realized it was written by an LLM. Can anyone confirm what it's saying?
You can read more about how Google processes Organisation schema and others such as LocalBusiness here https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structu...
I'm not the person you're replying to but I'm familiar with what they're talking about. Fair warning, while I've experimented with this, I wouldn't endorse them as strongly as the commenter and don't think I'd use a phrase like 'the shift is real' (unless I was trying to annoy my child).
If I were you, I would start with some documentation:
https://schema.org/docs/gs.html
https://schema.org/SoftwareApplication
https://schema.org/Organization
The first link will get you started - it will explain what the commenter was talking about in detail. The second and third links will give you more information on those specific types.
Good luck with your site!