{"id":1786,"date":"2021-07-20T10:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T08:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordlift.io\/?post_type=entity&p=1786"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:26:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T08:26:51","slug":"schema-org","status":"publish","type":"entity","link":"https:\/\/wordlift.io\/blog\/en\/entity\/schema-org\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Schema.org Markup And Why Is It Crucial To SEO?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is schema.org?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Schema.org is the first shared vocabulary<\/strong><\/span> that webmasters can use to structure metadata<\/a><\/strong> on their websites and to help search engines understand the content being published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an initiative launched in 2011 by the world’s biggest search engines<\/strong> (Bing, Google<\/a> and Yahoo!) to implement a data schema structure to describe web pages<\/strong>. On 1 November 2011 Russian largest search engine Yandex also joined the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Schema.org\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You can think of the <\/span>schema<\/b>.org<\/strong> vocabulary as the “lingua franca”<\/em> for search engines; a universal way to describe web pages with structured data. Search Engines use these pieces of information to enrich the user experience<\/a> on their search results and to generate rich snippets<\/strong> (small data-driven widgets).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metadata written using schema.org<\/strong> can be extracted and processed from web pages by search engines, web crawlers, and smart agents to provide a richer browsing experience for users. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In December 2016 also Apple began recommending web developers to mark up web contents using schema.org to help the Applebot web crawler index their content and making it available to all iOS users in Spotlight and Safari search results.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is schema markup important for SEO?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Language needs standard grammatical rules to work. In the same way, Semantic web<\/a> needs standards. Schema.org is that standard. The first liked open vocabulary for a business-driven<\/strong> to help search engines organize web content and improve their results.<\/span>
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\"Vocabularies
617 vocabularies in LOV<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today, there are 617 open vocabularies<\/strong> in the linked data world, and you can combine them to organize and structure different knowledge domains.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schema.org<\/strong>, being created by the search engine themselves, is the most useful in terms of SEO.<\/strong><\/span> By adding schema markup to web pages with WordLift, content is interlinked with data<\/strong> using standard linked vocabularies like schema.org and becomes more accessible.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the benefit of schema markup?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Schema markup is essential for your website because users reach it more effortlessly, thanks to a <\/span>better ranking on Google and other search engines.<\/b> Not only that, <\/span>thanks to rich snippets, your site will appear better on the search result pages (SERPs). <\/b>Thus, users, having easy access to the most relevant and helpful information for their research, will click, <\/span>increasing the organic traffic to your website. <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By using schema markup, you can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • help Google<\/strong> and search engines to understand better <\/strong>your website and have a rank higher <\/strong>in search results;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • increase click-through rate and organic traffic <\/strong>to your website;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • control how your brand appears<\/strong> in search results<\/strong> (rich snippet, People Also Ask, etc.);<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • give users relevant information<\/strong> (what they are looking for);<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • improve your content strategy<\/strong> through internal links;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • offer a rich and satisfying user experience<\/strong> that meets the audience’s research needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    How does Schema Markup work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Schema markup helps search engines allowing them to look and understand the relationships that we’re building up. Learn more about that by watching this webinar sponsored by Semrush<\/strong> and hosted by Jason M. Barnard – Everything you need to know about Schema markup<\/strong><\/span>. Gennaro Cuofano is there as an expert guest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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