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Structured data markup (SDM) is a style of markup used to represent data in a web page or application. SDM allows you togroup related data into named fields, and then structure the data using the fields to control how the data is displayed. This canhelp you make your data more easily accessible, organized, and easy to work with.
How can structured data markup errors be fixed?
Structured Data Markup is a type of markup that appears as text on your website. It tells search engines what your site is about and helps them understand the content of your pages. Search engines like Bing, Google, and Yahoo use structured data markup to provide insights into the content of your website.
Structured Data Markup has some important rules that need to be followed. These rules are designed to make sure your website’s information is accurate and precise in order for search engines to understand it. For example, you can’t have a tag on one page but not another if they’re related. If you break these rules, you will have issues with how Google views your website’s content and how users experience it.
Not following these guidelines could lead to issues with indexing or ranking in search engine results pages (SERPs).
What is the Google Search Console?
The Google Search Console is an analytics tool that gives businesses insights into their website’s performance. It helps marketers analyze how their content, pages, and ads rank across various search engines. The result is higher SEO rankings and increased revenue for your business.
The Google Search Console also has a helpful tool called Structured Data Testing Tool, which allows you to check whether your website’s structured data markup is correct. It can catch any errors or warnings in the markup so that you can make corrections before visitors arrive on your site.
What are the steps of the process for fixing structured data markup errors?
In order to fix structured data markup errors, you’ll need to make a few changes. These changes can come from two sources: The error code or the webmaster tools interface.
First, go to the website page that has a markup error and open your browser’s developer tools. From this page, you’ll be able to view the structured data tag that is causing the error.
Next, go back to your webmaster tool and find a list of structured data errors for that particular page. Once there, scroll down until you see one for the error you are experiencing and click “Error Details”. This will take you to a new window where you can see an example of how the error should look in code.
The next step is to locate the correct label for this label that is causing your issue. To do this, follow these steps:
Instructions: Look at the label name (e.g., “http://www.xcompany.com/product-name) and type it into the search bar on your webmaster tool once more (e.g., ‘http://www.xcompany.com/product-name’).
Last Updated on December 29, 2021
Aires Loutsaris is a content marketing specialist working with some of the world’s biggest VC funded startups and eCommerce companies. He has 15 years of experience in organic search optimisation and content writing with over 2500 students enrolled in his Udemy SEO course. An ex-head of two award-winning agencies, he has lectured at the University of the Arts, London College of Fashion on content marketing and has consulted for all three of the Universities he studied at: The Open University, The University of Hull and Kings College University of London. Feel free to connect with Aires on LinkedIn or Facebook.