How to Add Schema.org Markup on Site Navigation?
Learn How to add Schema.org Markup On your Website Navigation system
We know that Schema.org Markup is language which makes web
language easy to understand by search robot. So tailoring all parts of our sites
with Schema.org Markup will help to make our site search engine friendly. I
have already share couple of tutorial for applying Schema.org Markup on your
Blog. And today I will show you how to add Schema.org Markup on a site’s navigation
system.
This is really confusing about directly sharing site navigation
with Schema.org Markup, because you may be using different template with
different coding. So you have to understand the basic rules of applying Schema.org
Markup on navigation. Once you understand then you can add Schema.org Markup on
any navigation system.
lease look at the below example of a navigation. This is a generic example of navigation. But in your Blog the script might be different.
<nav id='topnav'>
<ul class='bs-menu' id='topmenunav'>
<li><a href='Category/Label URL' title='Navigation Alt Title'><span>WordPress</span></a></li>
<li><a href='Category/Label URL' title='Navigation Alt Title'><span>Blogger</span></a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
Now look at the below script and find what differences you
can see? I have added schema.org markup in this navigation just by adding few
attributes. This is very easy to add.
<nav id='topnav' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement' role='navigation'>
<ul class='bs-menu' id='topmenunav'>
<li><a href='Category/Label URL' itemprop='url' title='Navigation Alt Title'><span itemprop='name'>WordPress</span></a></li>
<li><a href='Category/Label URL' itemprop='url' title='Navigation Alt Title'><span itemprop='name'> Blogger </span></a></li>
</ul>
</nav>Adding Site Navigation Element on your Blog Menu
For making compatible navigation with schema.org markup first
we have to add Site Navigation Element. In the above navigation script default
code is <nav id='topnav'> and I have converted with below schema.org
markup. But navigation script is same.
<nav id='topnav' itemscope='itemscope' itemtype='http://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement' role='navigation'>
Adding URL Property on existing navigation URL.
After adding site navigation element we have to add URL property
which is help to apply markup on each URL of Label or Category. Now again look
at the below part. Here is the URL part. For smooth navigation we add Label or
categories or any page’s URL in navigation system. And for adding schema.org
markup attribute you have to denote it by itemprop attribute.
- Without Schema.org Markup <a href='Category/Label URL' title='Navigation Alt Title'>
- With Schema.org Markup <a href='Category/Label URL' itemprop='url' title='Navigation Alt Title'>
For adding small description about your Blog Label/Category
I have added title='Navigation Alt Title'
but this is not mandatory to add. You can either use it or not for schema.org
but this is good for search engine.
Adding Name Property on existing navigation URL.
Name property generally used for item’s name. Now it’s time
to make changes on Navigation item’s title. Suppose you are wanted to display
Blogger label or category on your site. So the script might be like below which
is without any schema.org markup
<span>Blogger</span>
But search engine won’t understand what Blogger is? So I
have added a name property of schema.org
markup as a result now it will give information to search robot that this is
your Blog Label or Category name (The name of item).
<span itemprop='name'> Blogger </span>
You have to change all of your Navigation’s items one by
one. If you have 2 navigation menu like my site then also add the same
schema.org markup on second navigation menu.
I hope you have understood the tutorial and able to add
schemar.org markup on your site’s navigation. If you face any trouble then feel
free to write me.
7 comments
I think in your Blogger theme Navigation role previously defined. So you don't have to use this code twice.