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February 12, 2026

# What Is Schema Generator? A Practical Guide to Structured Data (Schema Markup)

Structured data doesn't directly boost rankings, but it's the difference between a plain blue link and a rich result with stars, prices, or FAQ dropdowns — and rich results get clicked more.

Schema Generator exists to solve one specific, recurring problem: structured data (schema markup) is easy to get wrong by hand, tedious to check manually across a whole site, and quick to fix once you can actually see it clearly. That's the gap Schema Generator fills.

In practice, this usually comes up in one of two situations — you're setting things up correctly from the start on a new page or site, or you're auditing something that already exists and trying to find what's silently broken. Both are worth doing regularly, not just once.

A few things worth keeping in mind:
- Validate every schema block with Google's Rich Results Test before publishing — a single missing required property (like `image` on Product) can disqualify the whole block from rich results.
- Match the schema to what's actually visible on the page — marking up a 5-star rating that isn't shown to users violates Google's structured data guidelines and can trigger a manual action.
- Use JSON-LD instead of microdata or RDFa — it's Google's preferred format and much easier to maintain since it lives in a single script block, not scattered through your HTML.

It's also worth knowing what commonly goes wrong here. Copy-pasting a schema template without updating every field, leaving placeholder values like 'Your Company Name' live in production. And avoiding these is usually less about effort and more about knowing to check in the first place.

This connects to a few other things worth getting right at the same time — see Sitemap Generator and Keyword Density Checker for the related pieces of the same technical foundation.

If you want to check this on your own site right now, Schema Generator runs directly in your browser, free, with no account required.

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