If you Want to add FAQ schema on your Blogger website, but don't know how to add this then this guide will definitely help you.
How to Add FAQ schema in Blogger : Complete Guide
It is very easy to add FAQs to a WordPress website but in blogger, there is no plugin support. So, you have to write all the codes by yourself. To add FAQ's in blogger read this complete guide that will definitely help you a lot.
What is FAQ Schema Markup?
FAQ schema is code you place on your site that tells search engines about your website and the content present on your website “this content is presented in a question and answer format”.
When the content is correctly marked up, it means those pages *could* be eligible for rich snippets in the search results and *may* appear in Google Assistant searches. Sadly, there’s no guarantee that using schema means your markup will be displayed in the search results.
An FAQ page (Frequently asked question page) contains a list of questions and their respective answers around a particular topic. When we use an FAQ schema markup in the blog post, it's become easy for the search engines to show our contents in rich results as shown in the below image.
FAQ rich Result in Google search
So, let's understand what are the benefits of using FAQ schema in Blogger and how to use it follow the complete article step by step so that you can understand each and everything about it.
The Benefits of Adding FAQ Schema
1. Wider coverage
Adding FAQ schema help the web crawler to better understand the topic and shows rich results on the search result page. It also helps your website for greater visibility and have wider coverage as it occupies extra space and increases user interaction on your blog posts.
2. Better CTR
It also helps your website in increasing Click Through Rate (CTR) and eventually it helps your website rank higher in Google SERPs. (Search Engine Result Pages) that ultimately bosst up your earning for the site.
3. Eligible for Voice Search Result
FAQ schema helps Google Assistant to pull the answer from your website when someone asked that question which is same age the question put by you on your website using the voice search method. So, the assistant can use your website as a source of that answer.
Not only will FAQ schema have the potential to increase online visibility and site traffic, but it can also help improve the authority of your brand.
Best of all, you can implement FAQ schema in a matter of minutes and have it appear in a short time. There aren’t many (whitehat) SEO hacks easier than that
How Do I Add FAQ Schema in Blogger?
Now you know the Importance of Structure data- let's solve the question: How can you add this to the Blogger blog post?
Method-1
Step-1: Generate FAQ schema
Go to FAQ Schema Generator Tool and add your Question and answer manually.
Generate FAQ schema for blogger
Step-2: Add FAQ schema data in Blogger
First of all, paste the question & answer in the simple text in the compose view and then Paste the Schema code just below the </div> tag in the HTML section of the Blogger blog post as shown in the below image.
Step-3: Validating FAQ Schema
You can validate Faq schema is properly implemented or not by using Google’s Rich Results Testing Tool.
Paste the code inside the code editor and it will automatically show you if the page is eligible for Rich result or not.
Method-2
If you no to write some HTML codes then you can directly add FAQ's schema in your blogger post by just following the steps below.
Step-1:- create a blogger post/page.
Step-2:- copy the codes given below.
<p>*Some frequently asked questions by visitors. <a href='#!'>More</a></p>
<!--[ Accordion start ]-->
<div class='showH' itemscope='' itemtype='https://schema.org/FAQPage'>
<!--[ Accordion line 1 ]-->
<details class='ac' itemscope='' itemprop='mainEntity' itemtype='https://schema.org/Question'>
<summary itemprop='name'>question 1</summary>
<div class='aC' itemscope='' itemprop='acceptedAnswer' itemtype='https://schema.org/Answer'>
<p itemprop='text'>yes!!<br/> answer</p>
</div>
</details>
<!--[ Accordion line 2 ]-->
<details class='ac' itemscope='' itemprop='mainEntity' itemtype='https://schema.org/Question'>
<summary itemprop='name'>Question 2</summary>
<div class='aC' itemscope='' itemprop='acceptedAnswer' itemtype='https://schema.org/Answer'>
<p itemprop='text'>answer</p>
</div>
</details>
<!--[ Accordion line 3 ]-->
<details class='ac' itemscope='' itemprop='mainEntity' itemtype='https://schema.org/Question'>
<summary itemprop='name'>question 3</summary>
<div class='aC' itemscope='' itemprop='acceptedAnswer' itemtype='https://schema.org/Answer'>
<p itemprop='text'>answer
</p></div>
</details>
<!--[ Accordion line 4 ]-->
<details class='ac' itemscope='' itemprop='mainEntity' itemtype='https://schema.org/Question'>
<summary itemprop='name'>question 4</summary>
<div class='aC' itemscope='' itemprop='acceptedAnswer' itemtype='https://schema.org/Answer'>
<p itemprop='text'>answer</p>
</div>
</details>
</div>
Step-3:- paste it into your blogger post/page.
Step-4:- replace the question and answer in above code with your question and answer.
Step-5:- finally publish the post/page.
Step-6:- Notify Google to crawl it.
Rich-Results-Test-in-Google-Search-Console[FAQ schema]
You can also check the preview of this FAQ schema. It will show a test preview of the page in the search result. So that you will get an idea about it.
Notify Google To Crawl It
Now you have added the schema data to your blogger website. It is time to tell Google to update its indexing to show the rich result. By following the steps below
Step-1:- Go to Google Search Console
Step-2:- click on the URL inspection tool.
Step-3:- paste the blog post URL
Step-4:- hit the Request Indexing button.
Now it will ping Google to update the indexing and if your website ranks on the SERPs then there will be a fair chance of showing your website and also FAQs in Google search results.
How Can I find FAQs for a Blog post?
To find FAQs (frequently asked questions) for a blog post, you can do the following:
Look at the comments section of your blog or other similar blogs of your blog category to see what questions readers are asking and you can also guess the questions that user can ask about your content and about the page on which you are putting the FAQ's.
Use a keyword research tool like Ahrefs, Semrush, etc to find out what people are searching for related to your topic. This can give you an idea of the common questions people have.
Consider asking your social media followers or email subscribers what questions they have about the topic you're writing about you can also consult your friends and family members, what questions they can guess about your content.
Use online forums or discussion groups related to your topic to see what questions are being asked. You can use Quora to get FAQ questions for your article. I recommend you use the QAPop, a quora marketing tool that will help you find the trending FAQs on Quora.
Consider consulting topic experts or subject matter experts to get their insights and perspectives on common questions related to your topic.
Once you have a list of questions, you can use them to create an FAQ section in your blog post. This can help provide useful information to your readers and improve the overall value and ranking of your post.
Conclusion
Now you have successfully created the schema data and submitted it to Google. But here are some recommendations for adding the FAQ schema.
- Keep the answer short and simple (100-150 characters)
- Add only relevant FAQs.
- Write FAQs to convince users to click links.
- Add minimum 3 FAQs, 5 or more is recommended.
- Focus on burning questions about your topic.