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Servus [ˈzɛrvʊs]

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Servus [ˈzɛrvʊs] (Want to know what this means? Look it up: wikipedia.org/wiki/Servus)

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This is my name. And I love working with WordPress at wp-buddy.com. Flo [floʊ]

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What is ? MICRODATA

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Microdata ... is a synonym for particular HTML statements. It can be embedded into HTML to provide additional information to the search engines.

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A web site typically consists of

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A header

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A header with a title My awesome blog

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A header with a title and a subtitle (maybe) My awesome blog This is the best website ever!

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A navigation My awesome blog This is the best website ever! That‘s me Contact me Whatever

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A sidebar in the footer My awesome blog This is the best website ever! That‘s me Contact me Whatever

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And another sidebar My awesome blog This is the best website ever! That‘s me Contact me Whatever

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Anything else?

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And maybe a breadcrumb anywhere here My awesome blog This is the best website ever! That‘s me Contact me Whatever Homepage / Contact me

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That‘s pretty much it, right?

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Yepp!

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When humans look at it,

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it looks pretty good.

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(mostly)

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But ...

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When search engines look at it, it always looks like this ...

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No content

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Nice ...

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but pretty much nonsense for you, right?

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Sometimes for search engines, too.

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This is why microdata was invented.

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My awesome blog ... Till now it looked like this:

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My awesome blog ... Now it looks like this:

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My awesome blog ... Now it looks like this: What‘s going on here?

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My awesome blog ... Now it looks like this: What‘s going on here? - You‘ve just used Microdata syntax.

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My awesome blog ... Now it looks like this: What‘s going on here? - You‘ve just used Microdata syntax. - You‘ve told the search engines that this is a blog.

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My awesome blog ... Now it looks like this: What‘s going on here? - You‘ve just used Microdata syntax. - You‘ve told the search engines that this is a blog. - And not a „normal“ website. Yes. This is a difference!

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My awesome blog ... Now it looks like this: What‘s going on here? - You‘ve just used Microdata syntax. - You‘ve told the search engines that this is a blog. - And not a „normal“ website. Yes. This is a difference! You don‘t have a blog?

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My awesome blog ... Now it looks like this: What‘s going on here? - You‘ve just used Microdata syntax. - You‘ve told the search engines that this is a blog. - And not a „normal“ website. Yes. This is a difference! You don‘t have a blog? Use this syntax instead.

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But how can this help you?

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You can help the search engines to understand what is what!

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You can help the search engines to understand what is what! - Where are the sidebars?

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You can help the search engines to understand what is what! - Where are the sidebars? - What is the webpage title?

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You can help the search engines to understand what is what! - Where are the sidebars? - What is the webpage title? - What is the content‘s title?

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You can help the search engines to understand what is what! - Where are the sidebars? - What is the webpage title? - What is the content‘s title? - Where is the footer?

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You can help the search engines to understand what is what! - Where are the sidebars? - What is the webpage title? - What is the content‘s title? - Where is the footer? - Who‘s the author?

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You can help the search engines to understand what is what! - Where are the sidebars? - What is the webpage title? - What is the content‘s title? - Where is the footer? - Who‘s the author? - When was this page published the first time?

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You can help the search engines to understand what is what! - Where are the sidebars? - What is the webpage title? - What is the content‘s title? - Where is the footer? - Who‘s the author? - When was this page published the first time? updated?

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You can help the search engines to understand what is what! - Where are the sidebars? - What is the webpage title? - What is the content‘s title? - Where is the footer? - Who‘s the author? - When was this page published the first time? updated? - And where the hell is the content?

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- Where are the sidebars? - What is the webpage title? - What is the content‘s title? - Where is the footer? - Who‘s the author? - When was this page published the first time? updated? - And where the hell is the content? You can help the search engines to understand what is what! This is what search engines really want to know!

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But you can do even more cool stuff.

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It‘s called „Rich Snippets“

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And this can influence your click-through rate on your search results.

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And it was first used by

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Search engines are now displaying this data to the public:

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Stars

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Stars Clickable Links on breadcrumbs

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Stars Clickable Links on breadcrumbs Event Information

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Stars Clickable Links on breadcrumbs Event Information Products

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Stars Clickable Links on breadcrumbs Event Information Products And it will be even more in the near future!

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Guess what!?

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I‘ve built a theme which fully supports this stuff.

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automatically ...

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No coding skills needed.

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And it‘s for of course :-)

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By the way, it‘s called Schema Corporate

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By the way, it‘s called Schema Corporate (because it uses schema.org syntax)

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Check this out ...

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It tells the search engines that:

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It tells the search engines that: This whole thing is a blog!

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It tells the search engines that: This is the header of the site.

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It tells the search engines that: My awesome blog This is the best website ever! this is the overall title.

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It tells the search engines that: My awesome blog This is the best website ever! this is the subtitle.

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It tells the search engines that: this is the main navigation That‘s me Contact me Whatever

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It tells the search engines that: this is a breadcrumb Homepage / Contact me

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It tells the search engines that: this, too! Homepage / Contact me / Where you can find me

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It tells the search engines that: the title of the main content area About me

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It tells the search engines that: even more sub-headlines in the content area About me H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6

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It tells the search engines that: aside information

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It tells the search engines that: aside information [Author] [Date published] [Categories] [Comments|

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It tells the search engines that: If you have a Google+ account, you can link it with your website [Author] [Date published] [Categories] [Comments|

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It tells the search engines that: If you have a Google+ account, you can link it with your website [Author] [Date published] [Categories] [Comments| Your picture will appear in Google‘s search results.

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It tells the search engines that: If you have a Google+ account, you can link it with your website [Author] [Date published] [Categories] [Comments| Your picture will appear in Google‘s search results. Cool, isn‘t it?

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It tells the search engines that: this is the main content (important) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat.

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It tells the search engines that: article image (if any) Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. Stet clita kasd gubergren, no sea takimata sanctus est Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

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It tells the search engines that: footer-article aside information [word-count] [interaction-count] [content language]

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It tells the search engines that: the total number of likes + tweets [word-count] [interaction-count] [content language]

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It tells the search engines that: the footer of the site

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It tells the search engines that: the footer of the site + a sidebar as well

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It tells the search engines that: another sidebar

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It tells the search engines that: and sidebar items [widget title] [some cool widget content goes here]

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It tells the search engines that: number of comments 2 Comments Jeff Maybe 2013-06-12 11:12 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. Mary Maybe 2013-06-13 12:11 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua.

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It tells the search engines that: comment 2 Comments Jeff Maybe 2013-06-12 11:12 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. Mary Maybe 2013-06-13 12:11 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua.

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It tells the search engines that: comment 2 Comments Jeff Maybe 2013-06-12 11:12 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. Mary Maybe 2013-06-13 12:11 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. + author name

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It tells the search engines that: comment 2 Comments Jeff Maybe 2013-06-12 11:12 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. Mary Maybe 2013-06-13 12:11 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. + author name + author URL

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It tells the search engines that: comment 2 Comments Jeff Maybe 2013-06-12 11:12 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. Mary Maybe 2013-06-13 12:11 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. + author name + author URL + author rating  

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It tells the search engines that: comment 2 Comments Jeff Maybe 2013-06-12 11:12 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. Mary Maybe 2013-06-13 12:11 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. + author name + author URL + author rating + date and time  

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It tells the search engines that: comment 2 Comments Jeff Maybe 2013-06-12 11:12 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. Mary Maybe 2013-06-13 12:11 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. + author name + author URL + author rating + date and time + content  

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It tells the search engines that: comment 2 Comments Jeff Maybe 2013-06-12 11:12 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. Mary Maybe 2013-06-13 12:11 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. + author name + author URL + author rating + date and time + content + author picture  

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And a lot more!

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Is this the future of seo?

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Microdata will be the top trend 2013! Start now!

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Microdata will be the top trend 2013! Start now! Have learned something new? Please tweet this @wp_buddy

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