# Authors

Last updated Sep 11, 2026

Configure author profiles under **Portal Settings → Authors**. Author bylines matter for both SEO (E-E-A-T) and AEO (AI engines weight authoritative sources).

## When to Use Authors

- **Editorial content**. Blog posts, articles, opinion pieces
- **Technical content**. Security analysis, engineering guides
- **Branded content**. Anything where credibility matters

For pure programmatic pages (e.g., glossary entries), authors are optional.

## What to Include

For each author:

- Full name
- Title and company
- Short bio (2–3 sentences)
- Profile photo (square, 400x400 minimum)
- Author URL (LinkedIn, X, personal site)
- Areas of expertise

## Why This Matters for AEO

AI engines look for E-E-A-T signals: Expertise, Experience, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness. A page with a credible byline + author schema markup gets cited more often than the same content from an anonymous source.

For cybersecurity content specifically, AI engines weight bylines heavily. a CISO author or a CISSP-certified researcher signals trustworthiness in a category where accuracy matters.

## Schema

GrackerAI auto-generates `Person` and `Author` schema for each profile. No manual schema work needed.