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Madhan Mohan Tammineni
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How to add FAQs Schema Markup

FAQs schema markup will help you to display questions and answers in search results along with the url, title, and description. By adding this additional information in SERP, you can stand out from your competitors.

If you want to add FAQs markup to your webpage, there are a few things you need to keep it in your mind. Those are :

1) You should have a FAQs section on your web page.
2) You shouldn’t add FAQs schema on the pages which allow users to write answers to the question you write on your webpage.
3) All the questions and answers you have added in the markup code should be visible to the user on your webpage.

Before we see how to implement FAQs schema markup on your website first, you need to understand what schema markup is? And why add this to a website?

Schema markup is a code snippet that helps search engines to understand your webpage better. By adding schema markup, you see your webpages performing better in SERP (Search Engines Results Page).

Step 1: Generate FAQs schema markup
You should generate the markup code for the questions and answers you want to display in the search engine results page. To create the markup, we have multiple ways.

Schema.org: Open schema.org, an organization that offers schema markup code for all sorts of snippets you want to display in SERP.

Click on the schemas link on the top right, and then you can have a list of possible options for which you can get the markup code. Now, select your category and subcategory and scroll down to see the code snippet, which is generated based on your selection and simple code that JSON code.

The simplest way to generate markup code is by auto-generating the markup by entering questions and answers in the respective fields. Want to add schema markup in the easiest way possible? Then click on the link below.

FAQs Schema Markup Generator

Step 2: Add FAQs Section on Webpage
Now, add the FAQs section on your webpage. Make sure all the questions and answers you have added in the markup should be available in this section to get the eligibility.

Step 3: Implementation
Copy the schema markup code that you have generated and paste it on the body section of your webpage. (anywhere in the page).

Step 4: Markup Test
After adding the markup code, it’s mandatory to test the page you have implemented to make sure it’s error-free. It is vital as an error could stop your web page ranking.

Here is a tool that can help you to test the page after adding markup code in it.

Markup Code Tester

Step 5: Submit the page in search console
The last step is, asking Google to crawl the FAQs schema markup code you have added on the page. Soon it gets crawled; you will see the FAQs results in SERP.

Implement it before your competitor does and see how it boosts your SERP rankings.

FAQs:
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Auto optimize is the best plugin which can fix all sorts of Google Page Speed errors. But, you must be causious while using this plugin as it compress JS,CSS files and that might break your site.

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