Structured Data & Schema Markup: A Guide for 2025
Schema markup is a name for the structured data on your website. It improves how search engines understand your content and how it is displayed in search results. Schema markup on your pages ensures search engines understand the data, using it within rich snippets.
Search engines are constantly evolving and structured data with schema markup provides context that helps search engines understand your content, providing its users with a great user experience (UX). It helps with indexing.
Rich snippets are taking up more space on search results pages, containing eye catching elements that attract users. If you want to appear in rich snippets, then you must use schema markup for the best results.
Rich snippets can improve click through rates by up to thirty five percent. With over half of all Google search results pages now including rich snippets, you will want to take advantage of this opportunity to boost your online visibility.
Schema.org vocabulary includes formats to structure data around places, things, of people. Some of the things you can use data schema to identify includes:
It is recommended that you use a SEO service provider to help you implement schema markup effectively. The process varies depending on the markup type being implemented.
You can generate markup to create an entire page, article, or blog post. For example, we will focus on your FAQ section. You paste the question and then the answer one at a time, clicking the “Add Question” button. The generator then adds the questions and answers to the code as you work.
You can test the code by clicking on the Google button and then selecting Structured Data Testing Tool. This will open a Schema.org validator tools, pasting your code into it. If you get Zero Errors and warnings, you are ready to go.
Now to add the schema markup to your website. You will need to past it into the HTML of the web page. Remember the code is invisible to your website visitors, it is used to help search engines understand the context of your pages.
There are numerous schema markup tools you can use to ensure your structured data is working effectively, these include:
This is probably your biggest question, but there is no conclusive evidence that schema markup will impact your search position. Schema markup does, on the other hand, optimise your content for rich snippets, helping to boost visibility and traffic.
Schema markup does not need to be added to all your web pages. Though it is recommended to add it to your main SEO pages. Schema markup will improve your click through rate (CTR), which means it's recommended to add it to your web pages that are already ranking.
Once schema markup has been added to your important pages strategically, you can scale you can start focusing on your additional pages.
Using schema markup for rich snippet optimisation is effective as part of your SEO campaign. It is not hard to implement structured data on your pages, but it is a SEO tactic, that must be implement accurately in order to produce results. Genie Crawl can help you with your structured data and schema markup, get in touch today to secure your free evaluation and quote.
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