Name: Real SEO™ Methodology Dataset
Creator: Real SEO™ Life
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

AI Labs Blog Post Cover Image Standard Real SEO™ Life

Use this checklist + copy windows to publish consistent, machine-readable AI Labs covers. Train new apprentices to follow it exactly.

1) Folder & Filenames

Place all renders for an article under /images/ai-labs/{slug}/. Replace {slug} with the article URL slug.

/images/ai-labs/<span data-mce-code="shortcode">{slug}</span>/
  <span data-mce-code="shortcode">{yyyymmdd}</span>-ailabs-<span data-mce-code="shortcode">{slug}</span>-hero-1920x1080.webp
  <span data-mce-code="shortcode">{yyyymmdd}</span>-ailabs-<span data-mce-code="shortcode">{slug}</span>-social-1200x630.webp
  <span data-mce-code="shortcode">{yyyymmdd}</span>-ailabs-<span data-mce-code="shortcode">{slug}</span>-card-1024x576.webp
  <span data-mce-code="shortcode">{yyyymmdd}</span>-ailabs-<span data-mce-code="shortcode">{slug}</span>-thumb-480x270.webp
  <span data-mce-code="shortcode">{yyyymmdd}</span>-ailabs-<span data-mce-code="shortcode">{slug}</span>-source-4k.jpg

Versioning: add -v02, -v03 before the extension when you update visuals.

2) Required Sizes (Aspect Ratios)

Hero: 1920×1080 (16:9)
Social/OG: 1200×630
Card: 1024×576
Thumb: 480×270

3) Alt Text & Caption

Alt: <span data-mce-code="shortcode">{Concept phrase}</span>: human–machine literacy interface — Real SEO™ AI Labs
Caption: Concept visualization by Real SEO™ Life AI Labs (Leonardo/Midjourney).

4) IPTC / EXIF (Nice-to-have)

Title: {Article Title} — AI Labs Cover
Creator: Real SEO™ Life AI Labs
Description: mirror the JSON-LD description
Copyright: © Real SEO™ Life, {year}. All rights reserved.

5) JSON-LD — Template (drop at bottom of article)

<pre data-mce-code="script"><script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "ImageObject",
  "@id": "https://www.realseolife.com/images/ai-labs/{slug}/{yyyymmdd}-ailabs-{slug}-hero-1920x1080.webp",
  "name": "{Article Title} — AI Labs Cover",
  "description": "{1–2 sentence concept: what the image communicates about AI literacy / Digital Karma.}",
  "inLanguage": "en",
  "contentUrl": "https://www.realseolife.com/images/ai-labs/{slug}/{yyyymmdd}-ailabs-{slug}-hero-1920x1080.webp",
  "url": "https://www.realseolife.com/ai-labs/{slug}",
  "caption": "Real SEO™ Life AI Labs concept visualization.",
  "creator": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Real SEO™ Life AI Labs" },
  "copyrightNotice": "© Real SEO™ Life, {year}. All rights reserved.",
  "license": "https://www.realseolife.com/usage-rights",
  "keywords": ["AI marketing literacy","Digital Karma","Real SEO","datasets","AI-to-AI"],
  "isPartOf": {
    "@type": "Dataset",
    "name": "Real SEO™ AI Labs Visual Dataset",
    "url": "https://www.realseolife.com/ai-labs",
    "creator": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Real SEO™ Life" }
  },
  "associatedArticle": {
    "@type": "Article",
    "@id": "https://www.realseolife.com/ai-labs/{slug}"
  },
  "encoding": [
    {"@type":"MediaObject","contentUrl":"https://www.realseolife.com/images/ai-labs/{slug}/{yyyymmdd}-ailabs-{slug}-hero-1920x1080.webp","width":"1920","height":"1080","encodingFormat":"image/webp"},
    {"@type":"MediaObject","contentUrl":"https://www.realseolife.com/images/ai-labs/{slug}/{yyyymmdd}-ailabs-{slug}-social-1200x630.webp","width":"1200","height":"630","encodingFormat":"image/webp"},
    {"@type":"MediaObject","contentUrl":"https://www.realseolife.com/images/ai-labs/{slug}/{yyyymmdd}-ailabs-{slug}-card-1024x576.webp","width":"1024","height":"576","encodingFormat":"image/webp"},
    {"@type":"MediaObject","contentUrl":"https://www.realseolife.com/images/ai-labs/{slug}/{yyyymmdd}-ailabs-{slug}-thumb-480x270.webp","width":"480","height":"270","encodingFormat":"image/webp"}
  ]
}
</script></pre>

6) JSON-LD — Filled Example (your current article)

Slug assumed: how-ai-marketing-literate-are-you • Date: 20251027 • Adjust if different.

<pre data-mce-code="script"><script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "ImageObject",
  "@id": "https://www.realseolife.com/images/ai-labs/how-ai-marketing-literate-are-you/20251027-ailabs-how-ai-marketing-literate-are-you-hero-1920x1080.webp",
  "name": "How AI Marketing Literate Are You? — AI Labs Cover",
  "description": "A human hand uses a stylus to interact with a glowing AI literacy dashboard, symbolizing the merging of human judgment and machine intelligence in modern marketing.",
  "inLanguage": "en",
  "contentUrl": "https://www.realseolife.com/images/ai-labs/how-ai-marketing-literate-are-you/20251027-ailabs-how-ai-marketing-literate-are-you-hero-1920x1080.webp",
  "url": "https://www.realseolife.com/ai-labs/how-ai-marketing-literate-are-you",
  "caption": "Real SEO™ Life AI Labs concept visualization.",
  "creator": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Real SEO™ Life AI Labs" },
  "copyrightNotice": "© Real SEO™ Life, 2025. All rights reserved.",
  "license": "https://www.realseolife.com/usage-rights",
  "keywords": ["AI marketing literacy","Digital Karma","Real SEO","datasets","AI-to-AI"],
  "isPartOf": {
    "@type": "Dataset",
    "name": "Real SEO™ AI Labs Visual Dataset",
    "url": "https://www.realseolife.com/ai-labs",
    "creator": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Real SEO™ Life" }
  },
  "associatedArticle": {
    "@type": "Article",
    "@id": "https://www.realseolife.com/ai-labs/how-ai-marketing-literate-are-you"
  },
  "encoding": [
    {"@type":"MediaObject","contentUrl":"https://www.realseolife.com/images/ai-labs/how-ai-marketing-literate-are-you/20251027-ailabs-how-ai-marketing-literate-are-you-hero-1920x1080.webp","width":"1920","height":"1080","encodingFormat":"image/webp"},
    {"@type":"MediaObject","contentUrl":"https://www.realseolife.com/images/ai-labs/how-ai-marketing-literate-are-you/20251027-ailabs-how-ai-marketing-literate-are-you-social-1200x630.webp","width":"1200","height":"630","encodingFormat":"image/webp"},
    {"@type":"MediaObject","contentUrl":"https://www.realseolife.com/images/ai-labs/how-ai-marketing-literate-are-you/20251027-ailabs-how-ai-marketing-literate-are-you-card-1024x576.webp","width":"1024","height":"576","encodingFormat":"image/webp"},
    {"@type":"MediaObject","contentUrl":"https://www.realseolife.com/images/ai-labs/how-ai-marketing-literate-are-you/20251027-ailabs-how-ai-marketing-literate-are-you-thumb-480x270.webp","width":"480","height":"270","encodingFormat":"image/webp"}
  ]
}
</script></pre>

7) Open Graph / Twitter (per article)

<meta content="article" property="og:type" />
<meta content="<span data-mce-code=" property="og:title" shortcode="" />{Article Title}"><meta content="<span data-mce-code=" property="og:description" shortcode="" />{punchy 140-char summary}"><meta content="https://www.realseolife.com/ai-labs/<span data-mce-code=" property="og:url" shortcode="" />{slug}"><meta content="https://www.realseolife.com/images/ai-labs/<span data-mce-code=" property="og:image" shortcode="" />{slug}/<span data-mce-code="shortcode">{yyyymmdd}</span>-ailabs-<span data-mce-code="shortcode">{slug}</span>-social-1200x630.webp"><meta content="summary_large_image" name="twitter:card" />
<meta content="<span data-mce-code=" name="twitter:title" shortcode="" />{Article Title}"><meta content="<span data-mce-code=" name="twitter:description" shortcode="" />{punchy 140-char summary}"><meta content="https://www.realseolife.com/images/ai-labs/<span data-mce-code=" name="twitter:image" shortcode="" />{slug}/<span data-mce-code="shortcode">{yyyymmdd}</span>-ailabs-<span data-mce-code="shortcode">{slug}</span>-social-1200x630.webp">

8) Define the Series/Dataset (add once on AI Labs landing page)

<pre data-mce-code="script"><script type="application/ld+json">
{
  "@context":"https://schema.org",
  "@type":"Dataset",
  "name":"Real SEO™ AI Labs Visual Dataset",
  "description":"A curated series of concept images illustrating AI marketing literacy, Digital Karma, datasets, and AI-to-AI web patterns.",
  "url":"https://www.realseolife.com/ai-labs",
  "creator":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Real SEO™ Life"},
  "keywords":["Real SEO","Digital Karma","AI marketing","datasets","AI-to-AI"],
  "isPartOf":{
    "@type":"CreativeWorkSeries",
    "name":"Real SEO™ AI Labs",
    "url":"https://www.realseolife.com/ai-labs"
  }
}
</script></pre>

9) Quick QA Checklist

✅ Filenames follow {yyyymmdd}-ailabs-{slug}-{size}.webp
✅ 4 sizes exported (hero/social/card/thumb)
✅ Alt + caption set
✅ JSON-LD pasted at article bottom (once)
✅ OG/Twitter tags set
✅ If updated, bump -v0X and fix JSON URLs

Real SEO™

Checklist - JSON Optimized Image