No-Code Schema Markup: Step-by-Step Guide

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oh hi there this video is going to be a quick step-by-step guide for schema markup our last schema video schema markup a step-by-step guide was not step by step enough as pointed out by drew in the comment section yes we read all the comments so shout out to drew this video is for you now we all know schemas are all about letting google understand your page better and when google knows what your page is about it connects you with your target audience more efficiently usually you need a developer to write and implement the code but we are going to show you how you can generate the code implement it and test it without the help of any dev alrighty then let's apply schema markups there are some free tools that you can use to easily generate schema markups we found merkel's schema generator and google's structured data markup helper to be the easiest to use links in the description below in this video we'll be using merkel's schema generator go to technicalseo.com then seo tools then schema generator first select the page you want schema markups for let's choose article then fill out the required information now after you're done you should get the complete code that structures your data perfectly once you have the code generated you can implement or paste it into your web pages html merkle schema generator creates code in json ld the most popular script option which google prefers to be pasted into the head section but john mueller of google confirmed that the code can also be inserted into the body section if you'd like to check your code there are two tests you can run on the right side of the screen you'll see a button with the letter g clicking this button will show you two options rich results test and structured data testing to check rich results click that g button and then click rich results test you'll see your generated code snippet and it's ready to be tested there's also an option to test it via your url just enter your url and then hit test url if something like this pops up you're good green checks mean good now if you have something like this or this you have some problems they'll let you know what those are and you'll need to make revisions typically if you're using the generator the warning is about a missing field revise and re-test if you want to learn more about rich results tests you can refer to this link that handy g button has a second option that redirects you to schema.org to use their structured data testing tool congratulations you've successfully implemented structured data on a web page if you want to do it on multiple pages you can do it one by one or you can find a plug-in for your cms you can check out our blog for a deeper dive into schema markups we wanted to quickly show you how you can apply them using a schema markup generator i hope you found this video helpful like share subscribe see you next time