Structured data

Structured data

Configuration > Spider > Extraction > Structured Data

Structured Data is entirely configurable to be stored in the SEO Spider. Please see our detailed guide on How To Test & Validate Structured Data, or continue reading below to understand more about the configuration options.

By default the SEO Spider will not extract and report on structured data. The following configuration options will need to be enabled for different structured data formats to appear within the ‘Structured Data’ tab.

• JSON-LD – This configuration option enables the SEO Spider to extract JSON-LD structured data, and for it to appear under the ‘Structured Data’ tab.
• Microdata – This configuration option enables the SEO Spider to extract Microdata structured data, and for it to appear under the ‘Structured Data’ tab.
• RDFa – This configuration option enables the SEO Spider to extract RDFa structured data, and for it to appear under the ‘Structured Data’ tab.

You can also select to validate structured data, against Schema.org and Google rich result features.

Schema.org Validation

This configuration option is only available, if one or more of the structured data formats are enabled for extraction.

If enabled, then the SEO Spider will validate structured data against Schema.org specifications. It checks whether the types and properties exist and will show ‘errors’ for any issues encountered.

For example, it checks to see whether http://schema.org/author exists for a property, or http://schema.org/Book exist as a type. It validates against main and pending Schema vocabulary from their latest versions. The Structured Data tab and filter will show details of validation errors.

Additionally, this validation checks for out of date schema use of Data-Vocabulary.org.

Google Rich Result Feature Validation

This configuration option is only available, if one or more of the structured data formats are enabled for extraction.

If enabled, then the SEO Spider will validate structured data against Google rich result feature requirements according to their own documentation. Validation issues for required properties will be classed as errors, while issues around recommended properties will be classed as warnings, in the same way as Google’s own Structured Data Testing Tool.

The Structured Data tab and filter will show details of Google feature validation errors and warnings.

The full list of Google rich result features that the SEO Spider is able to validate against can be seen in our guide on How To Test & Validate Structured Data.