Schema markup, also known as structured data, is the language of search engines, using a unique semantic vocabulary. It is code used to more clearly provide information to search engines in order to understand your content.
2. Introduction ● Schema markup, found at Schema.org,
is a form of microdata.
● Otherwise Called as structure data
● Schema markup is a great way to help
your website stand out from your SEO
competitors
● Increase click through rate
● It is recogonized by Bing, Google,
Yadex,etc…
● Helps getting higher rank in SERP
3. How schema
markup work
● Once added to a webpage, schema markup
creates an enhanced description (commonly
known as a rich snippet), which appears in search
results.
● schema microdata is applied to the content of a
page to define exactly what it is and how it should
be treated.
● Schema elements and attributes can be added
directly to the HTML code of a web page to
provide the search engines' crawlers with
additional information.
● Adding a sitelink search box through website
schema to allow the users to search for their
desired products
4. What Is Schema
Used For?
● Businesses and
organizations
● Events
● People
● Products
● Recipes
● Reviews
● Videos
5. How to schema to
your webpages
Using Microdata :
● Microdata is a great place for beginners to start because it’s so
easy to use.
● to add schema to your webpages, you need to figure out the
‘item type’ of the content on your webpage
Using RDFa
● RDFa is an acronym for Resource Description Framework in
Attributes.
● RDFa is an extension to HTML5 and it was designed to aid
users in marking up structured data.
● This is especially useful if you want to add structured data that
stretches beyond the limits of Schema.org.
JSON-LD
● One of the easiest ways to add Schema's structured markup to a
page is to use JSON-LD. When complete, copy the newly generated
JSON-LD on the right. ... Paste JSON-LD in the <head> section of
your HTML document.
6. Benefits of schema
Markup
The most common rich snippet content types include:
● “How to” markup
● Product type markup
● Reviews markup
● Software markup
● FAQ markup
1. with structured reviews, Google can show
recipes with the most five-star ratings at the
top of their results.
2. songs and albums, Google can show what
songs an artist sings as a series of rich
cards.