Webmaster tools shows errors, do they matter

[Davek0974]

In webmaster tools i see two errors listed for all of my pages -

Missing: author
Missing: updated

do they matter?
can it be fixed? (i don't like errors )

any ideas?

Thanks

 

[OldWelshGuy]

This is in the rich snippets section is it? if so then yes you can fix them easily.

 

[Davek0974]

And soooooo,

How do we do that ?

 

[Sober Media]

@Davek0974 is this in the Search Appearance --> Structured Data?

Matt

 

[Davek0974]

Can't remember now, it's still there but the author of the theme I'm running says it does not matter as the pages with the errors don't have authors etc.

It can be fixed but as there is no point, I won't bother.

 

[fisicx]

Don't go looking at the webmastertools and your problem will be solved. Can't remember the last time I even logged in to the one site I ever bothered to register.

If the site ranks and is getting visitors who them buy stuff then that's all you need to worry about. If none of these apply then you have more fundamental problems than worrying about an missing author tag.

 

[Sober Media]

@fisicx very interested that you dont use Webmaster Tools! Recommended to all our clients.

Having been a regular viewer of your comments not to helpful as always, not sure why you bother commenting can not see the point of negativity not really helping people.

M

 

[fisicx]

Dave doesn't need the webmaster tools. I've been working with him for a while and he's doing all the right things. He doesn't use GA or Adwords so his only connection to Google is the SERPS and the WMT are not much help there.

If you want site and visitor analytics there are much better tools out there than WMT.

 

[Davek0974]

@fisicx very interested that you dont use Webmaster Tools! Recommended to all our clients.

Having been a regular viewer of your comments not to helpful as always, not sure why you bother commenting can not see the point of negativity not really helping people.

M

Don't knock it, Fisicx has been most helpful in the past few weeks, if you read all of my many threads in various sections, then you see a different picture. There are also many, many PM's that do not show of course.

As help goes he ranks among the best.