diff --git a/_layouts/home.html b/_layouts/home.html
index 24e7687e..f889e35f 100644
--- a/_layouts/home.html
+++ b/_layouts/home.html
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 {% include _head.html %}
 </head>
 
-<body class="home" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage">
+<body class="home">
 
 {% include _browser-upgrade.html %}
 
 {% include _navigation.html %}
 
 {% if page.image.feature %}<div class="image-wrap">
-  <img src="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ page.image.feature }}" alt="{{ page.title }} feature image" itemprop="primaryImageOfPage">
+  <img src="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ page.image.feature }}" alt="{{ page.title }} feature image">
   {% if page.image.credit %}<span class="image-credit">Photo Credit: <a href="{{ page.image.creditlink }}">{{ page.image.credit }}</a></span>{% endif %}
 </div><!-- /.image-wrap -->{% endif %}
 
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
   {% include _author-bio.html %}
 </div>
 
-<div id="index" itemprop="mainContentOfPage" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Blog">
+<div id="index">
   <h3><a href="{{ site.url}}/articles/">Articles</a></h3>
   {% for post in site.posts limit:5 %}    
-  <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemprop="blogPost">
-    <h2 itemprop="headline"><a href="{{ site.url }}{{ post.url }}" rel="bookmark" title="{{ post.title }}">{{ post.title }}</a></h2>
-    <p itemprop="text">{% if post.description %}{{ post.description }}{% else %}{{ post.content | strip_html | strip_newlines | truncate: 120 }}{% endif %}</p>
+  <article>
+    <h2><a href="{{ site.url }}{{ post.url }}" title="{{ post.title }}">{{ post.title }}</a></h2>
+    <p>{% if post.description %}{{ post.description }}{% else %}{{ post.content | strip_html | strip_newlines | truncate: 120 }}{% endif %}</p>
   </article>
   {% endfor %}
 </div><!-- /#index -->
diff --git a/_layouts/page.html b/_layouts/page.html
index 371197de..ae3ad7fa 100644
--- a/_layouts/page.html
+++ b/_layouts/page.html
@@ -7,24 +7,24 @@
 {% include _head.html %}
 </head>
 
-<body class="page" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage">
+<body class="page">
 
 {% include _browser-upgrade.html %}
 
 {% include _navigation.html %}
 
 {% if page.image.feature %}<div class="image-wrap">
-  <img src="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ page.image.feature }}" alt="{{ page.title }} feature image" itemprop="primaryImageOfPage">
+  <img src="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ page.image.feature }}" alt="{{ page.title }} feature image">
   {% if page.image.credit %}<span class="image-credit">Photo Credit: <a href="{{ page.image.creditlink }}">{{ page.image.credit }}</a></span>{% endif %}
 </div><!-- /.image-wrap -->{% endif %}
 
-<div id="main" role="main"  itemprop="mainContentOfPage">
+<div id="main" role="main">
   <div class="article-author-side">
     {% include _author-bio.html %}
   </div>
-  <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork">
-    <h1 itemprop="name">{{ page.title }}</h1>
-    <div class="article-wrap" itemprop="text">
+  <article>
+    <h1>{{ page.title }}</h1>
+    <div class="article-wrap">
       {{ content }}
     </div><!-- /.article-wrap -->
   </article>
diff --git a/_layouts/post-index.html b/_layouts/post-index.html
index ffea18ef..50f32c28 100644
--- a/_layouts/post-index.html
+++ b/_layouts/post-index.html
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 {% include _head.html %}
 </head>
 
-<body class="articles" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage">
+<body class="post-index">
 
 {% include _browser-upgrade.html %}
 
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
   {% include _author-bio.html %}
 </div>
 
-<div id="index" itemprop="mainContentOfPage" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Blog">
-  <h1 itemprop="name">{{ page.title }}</h1>
+<div id="index">
+  <h1>{{ page.title }}</h1>
   {% for post in site.posts %}  
   {% unless post.next %}
     <h3>{{ post.date | date: '%Y' }}</h3>
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@
         <h3>{{ post.date | date: '%Y' }}</h3>
       {% endif %}
     {% endunless %}
-    <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemprop="blogPost">
-      <h2 itemprop="headline"><a href="{{ site.url }}{{ post.url }}" rel="bookmark" title="{{ post.title }}">{{ post.title }}</a></h2>
-      <p itemprop="text">{% if post.description %}{{ post.description }}{% else %}{{ post.content | strip_html | strip_newlines | truncate: 120 }}{% endif %}</p>
+    <article>
+      <h2><a href="{{ site.url }}{{ post.url }}" title="{{ post.title }}">{{ post.title }}</a></h2>
+      <p>{% if post.description %}{{ post.description }}{% else %}{{ post.content | strip_html | strip_newlines | truncate: 120 }}{% endif %}</p>
     </article>
   {% endfor %}
 </div><!-- /#index -->
diff --git a/_layouts/post.html b/_layouts/post.html
index a91f9a8f..3e55af86 100644
--- a/_layouts/post.html
+++ b/_layouts/post.html
@@ -7,34 +7,34 @@
 {% include _head.html %}
 </head>
 
-<body class="article" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage">
+<body class="post">
 
 {% include _browser-upgrade.html %}
 
 {% include _navigation.html %}
 
 {% if page.image.feature %}<div class="image-wrap">
-  <img src="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ page.image.feature }}" alt="{{ page.title }} feature image" itemprop="primaryImageOfPage">
+  <img src="{{ site.url }}/images/{{ page.image.feature }}" alt="{{ page.title }} feature image">
   {% if page.image.credit %}<span class="image-credit">Photo Credit: <a href="{{ page.image.creditlink }}">{{ page.image.credit }}</a></span>{% endif %}
 </div><!-- /.image-wrap -->{% endif %}
 
-<div id="main" role="main" itemprop="mainContentOfPage" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Blog">
+<div id="main" role="main">
   <div class="article-author-side">
     {% include _author-bio.html %}
   </div>
-  <article itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemprop="blogPost">
+  <article>
     <div class="headline-wrap">
-      <h1 itemprop="name">{{ page.title }}</h1>
+      <h1>{{ page.title }}</h1>
       <h2>{{ page.tagline }}</h2>
     </div><!--/ .headline-wrap -->
-    <div class="article-wrap" itemprop="text">
+    <div class="article-wrap">
       {{ content }}
       <hr />
       <footer role="contentinfo">
         <div class="article-author-bottom">
           {% include _author-bio.html %}
         </div>
-        <p class="byline"><strong>{{ page.title }}</strong> was published on <time datetime="{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}" itemprop="datePublished">{{ page.date | date: "%B %d, %Y" }}</time>{% if page.modified %} and last modified on <time datetime="{{ page.modified | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}" itemprop="dateModified">{{ page.modified | date: "%B %d, %Y" }}</time>{% endif %} by <span itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name"><a href="{{ site.url }}/about" title="About {{ site.owner.name }}" itemprop="url">{{ site.owner.name }}</a></span></span>.</p>
+        <p class="byline"><strong>{{ page.title }}</strong> was published on <time datetime="{{ page.date | date_to_xmlschema }}">{{ page.date | date: "%B %d, %Y" }}</time>{% if page.modified %} and last modified on <time datetime="{{ page.modified | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}">{{ page.modified | date: "%B %d, %Y" }}</time>{% endif %} by <a href="{{ site.url }}/about" title="About {{ site.owner.name }}">{{ site.owner.name }}</a>.</p>
       </footer>
     </div><!-- /.article-wrap -->
   </article>
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@
 {% include _scripts.html %}	        
 
 </body>
-</html>
+</html>
\ No newline at end of file
