Structured Data & LLM Optimization Guide

This site now includes comprehensive structured data markup for better SEO and LLM discovery. Here’s how to use all the features:

🔍 What’s Included

1. Article Schema (Automatic)

  • Automatically applied to all blog posts (layout: post)
  • Includes: headline, description, author, publisher, dates, keywords, word count
  • Optimized for Google’s Article rich results

2. Breadcrumb Schema (Automatic)

  • Automatically applied to all blog posts
  • Creates navigation breadcrumbs: Home → Category → Article
  • Helps with site structure understanding

3. Website Schema (Homepage)

  • Automatically applied to homepage
  • Includes site info, author details, search functionality
  • Optimized for knowledge panels

4. FAQ Schema (Optional)

  • Manual activation by adding faq: true to front matter
  • Structure FAQs in your content using:
    ## Q: Your question here?
## A: Your answer here.
  
## Q: Another question?
## A: Another answer.

5. LLM Discovery Meta Tags (Automatic)

  • Automatically applied to all blog posts
  • Includes AI-friendly metadata for better LLM training data discovery
  • Content classification, reading time, expertise level

📝 How to Use FAQ Schema

Add this to your post’s front matter:

---
layout: post
title: "Your Post Title"
faq: true
# ... other front matter
---

Then structure FAQs in your content:

# Your Post Content

## Q: What are multi-agent AI systems?
## A: Multi-agent AI systems are networks of autonomous agents that work together to solve complex problems.

## Q: How do they differ from single-agent systems?
## A: They can handle more complex tasks through collaboration and specialization.

🎯 LLM Optimization Features

Content Classification

  • Automatically tags content type, category, reading time
  • Adds expertise level metadata
  • Includes topic keywords for better discovery

AI Training Friendly

  • Clean content summaries
  • Structured topic tags
  • Reading difficulty indicators
  • Content format specifications

🔧 Customization Options

Adding Custom Schema

Create new schema types in _includes/structured-data.html:

Modifying Existing Schema

Edit _includes/structured-data.html to customize:

  • Author information
  • Publisher details
  • Image specifications
  • Content categorization

📊 Testing Your Structured Data

Google Tools

Other Tools

🚀 Best Practices

For Articles

  • Always include meaningful descriptions
  • Use relevant tags and categories
  • Add alt text to images
  • Keep titles under 60 characters

For FAQs

  • Use clear, natural language questions
  • Provide comprehensive answers
  • Structure logically (general to specific)
  • Limit to 10-15 FAQ pairs per page

For LLM Discovery

  • Write clear, informative content
  • Use consistent terminology
  • Include relevant examples
  • Structure content with clear headings

📈 Expected Benefits

SEO Improvements

  • Rich snippets in search results
  • Better click-through rates
  • Enhanced knowledge panel eligibility
  • Improved site structure understanding

LLM Discovery

  • Better content indexing by AI systems
  • Improved context understanding
  • Enhanced training data quality
  • Better AI-generated summaries

User Experience

  • More informative search results
  • Better social media previews
  • Clearer content categorization
  • Enhanced accessibility