November 10, 2024

Boost Your SEO with Schema Markup

Schema markup is a powerful, but often missed, tool to enhance your website's visibility in search engine results. It's a form of microdata that when added to a webpage, creates an enhanced description (commonly known as a rich snippet), which appears in search results.

What is Schema?

Schema markup is a semantic vocabulary of tags (or microdata) that you can add to your HTML to improve the way search engines read and represent your page in SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages).

Types of Schema Markup

There are numerous types of Schema markups, each designed to cater to different types of content. Documentation and a full list of types can be found on schema.org. Key types include:

Organization Schema: This helps search engines understand information about your organization, including the brand, logo, contact information, and social media profiles.

Article Schema: Enhances the presentation of article or blog post listings in search results, often showing the headline, author, and publication date.

Product Schema: For e-commerce sites, this schema displays products with ratings, price, and availability, directly in search results.

Job Posting Schema: Useful for job listing pages, this markup includes the job title, location, salary, and employer.

Schema Markup Generator

A handy tool for creating Schema markup is the Schema Markup Generator. This tool simplifies the process of generating structured data in JSON-LD format, which is recommended by Google.

Implementing Schema in Webflow

Schema for Static Pages

Generate and copy the schema markup using Schema Markup Generator.
In Webflow, hover over the relevant page and select the cog icon to open the page settings.
Paste the code snippet into the ‘Inside <head> tag field.’

organization schema code snippet in Webflow

Schema for CMS Templates

Generate and copy the schema markup using Schema Markup Generator for a page in the CMS collection.
In Webflow, hover over the relevant page and select the cog icon to open the page settings.
Paste the code snippet into the ‘Inside <head> tag field.’
Use the ‘+ Add Field’ link to the top right of the field to replace each dynamic piece of the code with the relevant CMS field.

Dynamic blog post schema for Webflow CMS post

Schema Markup Validator

After implementing Schema markup, it’s crucial to validate it to ensure there are no errors or warnings that could impact its performance. The Schema Markup Validator is an invaluable tool for this. It analyzes the markup on your page and reports any issues that need correction.

By effectively utilizing Schema markup, you can significantly enhance the way your website communicates with search engines, leading to richer search results, better click-through rates, and an overall improvement in SEO performance.