earch engines are one of the main marketing channels for websites, and it is always important for the owners of these sites to improve strategies and adopt new technologies, to increase the ranking of their sites on search engines. One of these techniques used is structured data, which works to organize and arrange the appearance of data on search engines. In fact, it has many types, including FAQ Schema.
After you finish reading this article, you will learn what Skima Frequently Asked Questions are, its benefits, and how to add it to your website, whether through an add-on or without an add-on. Also how to determine its authenticity.
Schema concept FAQ
Skima FAQ is a type of structured data that helps search engines recognize website content and show it in an organized form, written through JSON-LD, Microdata, or RDFa.
For websites, it is a technique used to improve a site’s ranking in search results. In addition, to increase the click-through rate, although it is a double-edged sword, meaning that the user can read the FAQs and get the information he wants without entering the site, or he can also be attracted by these FAQs to click on the site result.
But in the end, it will improve the user experience and enhance your content. By providing simple and concise information of interest to users. These common questions appear on search engines as a field consisting of a set of questions with their answers directly at the bottom of the search result and look like the following:
Read also : What is a Schema? How can you benefit from it to improve your site in search results?
Steps to add Schema Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ Schema)
Adding the Skima FAQ is not as complicated as some people think. You can add it through the use of external add-ons or without them by resorting to some tools dedicated to creating codes. Adding it to the website represents a step towards improving your site’s ranking by increasing the click-through rate. As I mentioned, there are two methods:
- Adding Schema FAQ using external plugins.
- Adding Skima Frequently Asked Questions through codes.
Now let’s get started to make it happen.
Adding Schema FAQ using external plugins
There are many plugins that enable you to do this, and in this guide I will be using three different plugins to add Skima FAQ; It is the Yoast SEO add -on, the Rank Math add-on, and the Structured Content add-on. This is because it is popular and there are some website owners who prefer to use the Yoast SEO add-on, which means that they will not be able to install the RankMath add-on on their site, and the same applies to users of the RankMath add-on.
There are even some people who do not want to use either add-on, so I have included a third add-on that enables them to do so.
Add Skima FAQ using Yoast SEO plugin
The Yoast SEO plugin provides you with the addition of frequently asked questions, through its free and paid versions, in an easy and simplified way. In order to be able to do that, you will need to install the plugin on your site, by entering the WordPress control panel, then going to: Add-ons > Add New, and then install the plugin and activate it.
You must write or add the article in the WordPress editor, or it is possible to add the FAQ to an already published article. Go to the end of the article and then click on the + sign either at the top of the window or within the article.
Search for ( Frequently Asked Questions ) and the Frequently Asked Questions option will appear below. All you have to do is click on it.
After that, you can add and edit questions according to the steps shown in the image
Add a Skima FAQ using the RankMath add-on
The Rank Math add-on is one of the add-ons that enables you to add Skima Frequently Asked Questions, in addition to many other types such as Skima Products, Skima Articles, Videos, and Events. It and the Yoast SEO plugin are popular plugins to improve your site in search results .
In fact, the method of adding Frequently Asked Questions by adding Rank Math is similar to the method used by adding Yoast SEO.
First, you will install the plugin using the same steps as installing any plugin, by going to the
WordPress control panel, then clicking on Plugins > Add New, then searching for Rank Math.
Go to the WordPress editor and add the article, or as we mentioned, you can edit an article that has been added or already published, after clicking with the mouse button on the place where you want to add the frequently asked questions (it is recommended that it be at the end of the article). Click on the + icon that appears at the top or at the top. Within the article, as shown in the image below.
Next, search for FAQ, and click on the RankMath FAQ option at the bottom.
Then you can add a question as shown in the image below, and after you finish, you can click on the Publish option at the top of the window.
Add a Skima FAQ using the Structured Content plugin
The Structured Content plugin is one of the plugins designed to add layout to WordPress sites. It allows many types of layout, including frequently asked questions.
If you encounter a problem with adding Rank Math or Yoast SEO, or you do not want to use them, you can use this add-on.
You will install it on your website using the known steps.
Then after that, go to the article or page on which you want to add the skima, and click on the + icon in the upper right part of the screen. You will find that a group of red options have been added to the list of components. Click on the FAQ option , to add the skima in a place The cursor, and you can drag it and place it where you want on the page or article.
Then, you can follow the steps shown on the image below to add Skima FAQ information.
If you are using the Classic Editor, you will find that an icon for adding Structured Content has been added to the top toolbar. Click on it and choose Multi FAQ.
To add a number of questions, but if you want to add one question, you can click on Single FAQ.
After that, you can easily add and edit questions and answers. Click OK at the bottom to add the Skima FAQ to the article or page.
With this, we have finished the part of adding Skima Frequently Asked Questions through external add-ons. Now we will discuss how to add it without using add-ons or through codes.
Adding Skima Frequently Asked Questions through codes
To add FAQs without using an add-on, you will need a tool that enables you to generate the Askima code to add to the page or article on the site. One of the tools is the FAQPage JSON-LD Schema Generator, which allows you to get schema code ready to add directly to the site, and here are the steps to do that:
Head over to the FAQPage JSON-LD Schema Generator tool .
After that, follow the explanation in the image below to add questions and answers, and copy the code.
Go to the page or article on your site, and in the component editor (Gutenberg Editor) , click the + sign at the top right of the screen. Then click on the Custom HTML option and paste the code into the field.
In the traditional editor, you have to convert the display to text, and then add the code where you want it.
Verifying the validity of the Skima code. Frequently asked questions
After adding the layout code, you must make sure that everything is correct without errors so that you do not have to edit the layout again after archiving the article, or it may not even appear in the search results, as this will take a lot of time.
You definitely know the importance of time when it comes to competing on search engines. The important thing is that we will discuss a tool developed by Google that allows you to determine the validity of the ISKI code added to the article or page, using the following steps:
Go to the rich results tool .
Add the title of the page or article, and click Try URL.
In the next window, the result of the Skima Health Test Frequently Asked Questions will appear.
This will ensure that the FAQ Schema is added correctly.
In conclusion, this was an explanation of how to add FAQ Schema to a WordPress site, through a group of plugins and also manually. I would like to remind you that there are many other types of schema that can be used to improve your site’s results on search engines and enhance a better experience for visitors. Google has provided a set of guidelines, which you can view here
