diff --git a/lib/site_template/_layouts/post.html b/lib/site_template/_layouts/post.html
index a2b4e52fe..deeeb1f0a 100644
--- a/lib/site_template/_layouts/post.html
+++ b/lib/site_template/_layouts/post.html
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 ---
 layout: default
 ---
-<div class="post">
+<div class="post"  itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting">>
 
   <header class="post-header">
-    <h1 class="post-title">{{ page.title }}</h1>
-    <p class="post-meta">{{ page.date | date: "%b %-d, %Y" }}{% if page.author %} • {{ page.author }}{% endif %}{% if page.meta %} • {{ page.meta }}{% endif %}</p>
+    <h1 class="post-title" itemprop="name headline">{{ page.title }}</h1>
+    <p class="post-meta"><time datetime="{{ page.date | %Y-%m-%d }}" itemprop="datePublished">{{ page.date | date: "%b %-d, %Y" }}</time>{% if page.author %} • <span itemprop="author name" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">{{ page.author }}</span>{% endif %}{% if page.meta %} • {{ page.meta }}{% endif %}</p>
   </header>
 
-  <article class="post-content">
+  <article class="post-content" itemprop="articleBody">
     {{ content }}
   </article>