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      <title>How I Stopped Writing JSON-LD by Hand</title>
      <dc:creator>SeoGeo Tech</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 08:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/seogeotech/how-i-stopped-writing-json-ld-by-hand-36cl</link>
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      <description>&lt;h1&gt;
  
  
  How I Stopped Writing JSON-LD by Hand
&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you've worked on more than a few websites, you've probably written the same JSON-LD markup over and over again.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;An &lt;code&gt;Article&lt;/code&gt; schema here.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A &lt;code&gt;BreadcrumbList&lt;/code&gt; there.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;An &lt;code&gt;Organization&lt;/code&gt; object on every site.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;None of it is particularly difficult—but it quickly becomes repetitive.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The Problem
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;When I started building a technical SEO website, I found myself spending more time generating structured data than I expected.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The workflow usually looked like this:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Decide which Schema.org type to use.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Write the JSON-LD manually.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Validate it.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Fix formatting issues.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Repeat for the next page.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This worked for a while, but it wasn't scalable.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What I Wanted Instead
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I wasn't looking for an all-in-one SEO platform.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I simply wanted a tool that could:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Generate clean JSON-LD&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cover the most common Schema.org types&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Work instantly in the browser&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Require no account or setup&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So I built one for my own publishing workflow.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What I Learned
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Building the tool reminded me that the biggest productivity gains in technical SEO don't always come from complex automation.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Sometimes it's about removing small, repetitive tasks that interrupt your workflow dozens of times every week.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Structured data is one of those tasks.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  I'd Love Your Feedback
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm still improving the generator based on real-world use cases.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Which schema types do you use most often?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Is there anything missing from existing JSON-LD generators that slows down your workflow?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you'd like to try the tool or share feedback, you can find it here:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://seogeo.tech/tools/json-ld-schema-generator/" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://seogeo.tech/tools/json-ld-schema-generator/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm always interested in hearing how other developers and technical SEOs handle structured data in their projects.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>jsonld</category>
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