This factor reports whether RankGear finds a SportsOrganization @type value in a page’s raw HTML source. It returns 1 when the string is present and 0 when it is absent — but it pattern-matches source text, so a match does not prove the surrounding JSON-LD is valid.
| Factor ID | RG-SCJ-246 |
|---|---|
| Family | Structured Data – JSON-LD |
| Measurement | Binary presence (0 / 1) |
| Measured zone | Raw rendered HTML |
What it measures
This factor reports whether RankGear finds an @type value of SportsOrganization in the page’s raw source. It is a presence check: the signal is 1 when a matching @type declaration appears in the HTML and 0 when it does not. It says nothing about whether the schema describes the page accurately — only whether the type string is there to be found.
How RankGear measures it
RankGear searches the raw HTML for the @type declaration, allowing flexible whitespace around the key and value and optionally accepting a schema: prefix. Matching is case-sensitive, so the source must use the exact capitalization SportsOrganization for the check to return 1.
What RankGear looks for
"@type": "SportsOrganization"
"@type" : "schema:SportsOrganization"| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 1 | A SportsOrganization @type string was found in the raw HTML. |
| 0 | No matching SportsOrganization @type string was found. |
How to optimize it
Use SportsOrganization only for a genuine sports organization, and populate it with accurate sport, teams, events, leadership, location, and official links. Every property should reflect content a user can verify on the page. Treat this factor as an observation of what a page declares rather than a target to hit for its own sake — adding the type string without a real organization behind it does not describe your page truthfully and offers nothing to reinforce.
Important considerations
- The detector pattern-matches source text rather than validating a JSON-LD graph, so a returned 1 confirms the string is present, not that the markup is well-formed.
- A matching string that sits outside valid JSON-LD — in a comment, a code sample, or unrelated markup — can still produce a 1.
- The source must use the exact capitalization
SportsOrganization; a differently cased variant will not match. - Validate the complete structured data independently with a dedicated schema validator before relying on it.
- Presence of this type correlates with pages in a measured result set; it is a prioritization signal, not a cause of ranking, and does not guarantee any position.
Related factors
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