• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • News
  • Hot Trends
    • Alltop Sites
    • SEO Tools
    • Text Tools
    • Pearl Trees
  • About
  • Contact

1stOnlineNews

with amplified content marketing

Amplified Content Marketing News
You are here: Home / Websites / What is Micro Data?

What is Micro Data?

December 9, 2014 By Michael Stuart

Micro Data (like RDFa and Microformats) is a form of semantic mark-up designed to describe elements on a web page e.g. review, person, event etc.

Micro-Data

This mark-up can be combined with typical HTML properties to define each item type through the use of associated attributes.

For example, ‘Person’ has the properties name, url and title – attributes can be applied to HTML tags to describe each property:

Read Everything You Need to Know about Rich Snippets at  Micro Data & Schema: Guide To Generating Rich Snippets.

Tools

  • Structured Data Testing Tool – Google
  • Schema Creator – Raven Tools
  • Schema.org & Micro Data Generator – microDATAgenerator
  • Markup Validation Tool – Bing
  • Rich Snippets Testing Tool Bookmarklet – AJ Kohn
  • The Semantic Web Index – Sindice

Useful Resources

  • The Type Hierarchy – Schema.org
  • Rich snippets submission form – Google
  • HTML Microdata – W3C
  • Schema.org FAQ – Google Webmaster Help
  • getSchema.org
  • An SEO’s guide to schema.org – Raven Tools
  • Schema.org – Why You’re Behind if You’re Not Using It – SEOmoz
  • Rich Snippets for Local Search – Google
  • Microformats & Schema.org – Real life Use Cases – SEOmoz
  • The Lowdown on Structured Data & Schema.org – Your Questions Answered – SEOmoz
  • Creating Video Sitemaps for each Video Hosting Platform – Distilled
  • Schema.org Library – Search Engine Land
  • How To Use Schema.org Markup for Your Videos – Koozai
  • Google’s New Data Highlighter – TechCrunch
  • Google’s Data Highlighter and a view into the future of SEO – Seer Interactive
  • Schema 101: How To Implement Schema.org Markups To Improve SEO Results – Search Engine Journal

Filed Under: Websites Tagged With: micro-data

About Michael Stuart

Mike's experience in the technology industry is quite extensive, serving both as a designer of complex enterprise applications and as a corporate executive. In his previous life, Mike was founder and CEO of AssetWorks Inc. the industry leader in facility management solutions. Currently living on the Texas coast helping with digital strategies using Amplified Content Marketing.

Primary Sidebar

Latest News

Top Content Creators use clever articles titles

Top Content Creators use articles titled [How (Company You Know) Is Doing (Something) to Achieve … [Read More...] about Top Content Creators use clever articles titles

Is Your Content Marketing Worth Stealing?

How do you know when you've created something valuable? How do you know when your marketing has … [Read More...] about Is Your Content Marketing Worth Stealing?

Amplified Content Marketing by 1stOnlineTech · Log in