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title: "Adding schema meta-data for search engines"
date: "2017-11-13T08:18:01+00:00"
summary: "Enhance your website's search engine visibility by adding schema metadata to elements. Learn step-by-step how to implement structured data for better SEO and improved search result displays."
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You can add schema information to an Element to mark up your pages in a way that can be understood by the major search engines: Google, Microsoft, Yandex and Yahoo. Find out more about [schema information](http://schema.org/docs/gs.html).

Accessing the Schema information form
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1.  Navigate to a components or template with the Layout canvas
2.  Double click on an **Element** to edit its settings
3.  Click on the **... ellipsis tab** and click on **SEO** on the menu.

![1a081adb-enable-seo.png](https://acquia.widen.net/content/0a303278-5806-4c6d-82a2-bd41933dc93d/web/1a081adb-enable-seo.png)

Add Schema information
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To add schema information:

1.  Enter your item Type value in the **Item Type value field.** For more information, [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global\_attributes/itemtype](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes/itemtype)
2.  Enter your itemProp in the **itemProp field.** For more information, [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global\_attributes/itemprop](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes/itemprop)
3.  Click **Apply.**

![17db2898-add-schema.png](https://acquia.widen.net/content/d20f775d-4d1d-4b6e-a7f3-456198cf7c58/web/17db2898-add-schema.png)

Add Schema meta
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To add schema meta: 

1.  Within the **SEO tab**, click on the **Properties button**
2.  Click **Schema**
3.  Click **Add schema meta**
4.  Schema meta fields will be added to your form
5.  Enter your itemType type in the **Meta ItemType type field**
6.  Enter your itemProp value in the **Meta ItemProp value field**
7.  To add another ItemType type and ItemProp value click **Add scheme Meta**
8.  Click **Apply.**

![3ca709c9-add-schema-meta.png](https://acquia.widen.net/content/ff206ecf-2fb5-4b58-bea5-1c5965213437/web/3ca709c9-add-schema-meta.png)