Schema Local Business

Local Business schema is a type of structured data markup code that tells Google search engine about your business including location, hours, phone number, different departments within a business, reviews of your business, and much more.

What Is Structured Data for Local Business?

The Local Business details is helpful since it allow you to optimize your website for Local SEO, as it’s a major ranking factor, and may show a Knowledge Graph card for your business in Google search results.

What Is Schema Local Business Extension?

The Schema Local Business extension will allow you to extend Organization structured data by adding more comprehensive details about your business, as well as other departments or locations that your business may have.

These informative data about your business will be included in the schema.org markup output.

Key Features

• Extend Local Business Structured Data.
• Support for 140+ business structured data types.
• Add multiple unlimited business departments.
• Most detailed schema.org structured data including:
  • General details
  • Media (Logo and Images)
  • Location (address and maps)
  • Business Opening Hours
  • sameAs
• Integration with WP Store Locator plugin.

Why Is Local Business Schema Critical to Local SEO?

Google use schema structured data to understand your business and this resulting in a better visibility, more clicks, higher quality traffic, and the benefit of being understood by search engines.

Integration with WP Store Locator Plugin

Schema Local Business extension integrates with WP Store Locator plugin.

By having Schema Local Business extension enabled; you will get a set of structured data markup for all of your business locations.

Requirements

Schema Local Business is an extension for Schema plugin version 1.2.4 and up. You must have Schema Premium installed on your website to use this extension.

= 1.0.1 =
* Fix: PHP notice within the WP Store Locator plugin integration.
* Fix: Departments array is empty when WP Store Locator plugin is not activated.
= 1.0 =
* Initial Release