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I am still having difficulty in trying to understand what the mainEntityOfPage.@id is and why it is recommended by Google. I am referring specifically to articles, blog posts and similar schemas. Here is the article that I read:

https://developers.google.com/structured-data/rich-snippets/articles

I currently have my blog post page setup like this (I have left out most of the required fields otherwise this post gets too long):

<script type="application/ld+json">
{
     "@@context": "http://schema.org",
     "@@type": "WebPage",
     "breadcrumb": {
          "@@type": "BreadcrumbList",
          "itemListElement": [{
               "@@type": "ListItem",
               "item": {
                    "@@id": "http://www.example.com",
                    "name": "My Website"
               },
               "position": 1
          }, {
               "@@type": "ListItem",
               "item": {
                    "@@id": "http://www,example.com/blog",
                    "name": "Blog"
               },
               "position": 2
          }, {
               "@@type": "ListItem",
               "item": {
                    "@@id": "http://www.example.com/blog/1001/test-blog-post",
                    "name": "Test Blog Post"
               },
               "position": 3
          }]
     },
     "mainEntity": {
          "@@type": "BlogPosting",
          "headline": "Test Blog Post",
          "url": "http://www.example.com/blog/1001/test-blog-post"
     }
}
</script>

Using mainEntity the way I did, is this the same thing as using mainEntityOfPage.@id? If it is not, how do I change my code to fit in with Google's requirements?

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@unor posted detailed answers here:

It would be much easier to understand if Google's structured data testing tool would remove the warning if you don't specify mainEntityOfPage.@id but specify mainEntity. This is how I currently have it.

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