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Structured Data (JSON-LD) Validator

Validate your JSON-LD structured data against Schema.org standards. Check for syntax errors, missing properties, common mistakes, and get an AI Readiness score that shows how well your markup supports AI search engines.

Why structured data matters for AI search

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Structured data is how machines understand your content

JSON-LD structured data uses the Schema.org vocabulary to describe your content in a format search engines and AI models can parse directly. Unlike plain HTML that requires interpretation, structured data provides explicit, unambiguous facts about your pages, products, articles, and organization.

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AI search engines rely on structured data for citations

When ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google AI Overview generates an answer, they prioritize sources with clean structured data. Your JSON-LD tells them exactly what your page is about, who wrote it, when it was published, and what entity it belongs to -- making it far easier to cite your content accurately.

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Rich results drive significantly more clicks

Google uses structured data to generate rich results: FAQ dropdowns, star ratings, recipe cards, product prices, and more. Pages with rich results see 20-40% higher click-through rates in search results. Without valid structured data, you miss out on these enhanced search appearances entirely.

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@id and entity linking build your knowledge graph

Using @id properties with unique URL-based identifiers (like "https://yoursite.com/#organization") enables search engines to connect entities across your site. This builds a coherent knowledge graph that helps Google and AI models understand the relationships between your content, authors, and organization.

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Common mistakes silently break your structured data

Even small errors -- missing @context, http instead of https, empty values, invalid dates, or missing required properties -- can cause Google to ignore your structured data entirely. Unlike HTML errors that browsers forgive, structured data must be syntactically and semantically correct to generate rich results.

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Multiple schema types compound your AI visibility

A single page can include multiple JSON-LD blocks: Organization for your brand, Article for the content, BreadcrumbList for navigation, and FAQPage for questions. Each schema type provides a different facet of information that AI models use to build a complete picture of your page and its context.

Structured data is one piece of your AI visibility puzzle

Valid structured data is essential, but complete AI Engine Optimization also requires solid page metadata, heading structure, social meta tags, and AI-optimized content. Use our free AEO scan to check everything at once.

Supported Schema.org types

This validator checks required and recommended properties for these common Schema.org types.

Organization

Organization

3 required, 7 recommended

Local Business

LocalBusiness

3 required, 8 recommended

Article

Article

4 required, 7 recommended

Blog Posting

BlogPosting

4 required, 6 recommended

Product

Product

4 required, 7 recommended

FAQ Page

FAQPage

1 required, 3 recommended

How To

HowTo

2 required, 7 recommended

Person

Person

1 required, 8 recommended

WebSite

WebSite

2 required, 5 recommended

Software Application

SoftwareApplication

3 required, 7 recommended

Restaurant

Restaurant

3 required, 9 recommended

Financial Service

FinancialService

2 required, 8 recommended