How to create an FAQ page?
A page that is commonly found on all kinds of websites, is the FAQ (frequently asked questions) page. Commonly asked questions or remarks from customers/visitors are addressed on this page. When you visit a site looking for an answer to a specific question, the FAQ page is probably one of the first pages you’ll check. But how do you create an FAQ page?
Did you know you can now create an awesome FAQ page with the free Yoast SEO content blocks? What’s more, these blocks automatically add the necessary structured data to the FAQ.
There are several ways an FAQ page can benefit your site. For starters, it can save you time, if you regularly have to answer emails asking similar questions. In addition, a good FAQ page shows professionalism and expertise, and therefore could help improve your visitor’s trust. A great answer to a potential buyer’s question might tip the balance toward a sale. So, you’ll understand that it’s certainly worthwhile to consider adding an FAQ page to your site, and give some thought to how you do that. Let’s dive in a bit further in this Ask Yoast!
Francesco Fredduzzi emailed us his question on FAQ pages and SEO:
From an SEO-perspective, what’s the best way to create an FAQ page for my website? Should I create a subdomain? Is it better to have a collapsible list (question + answer) on the same page, or a list of links to specific posts that answer each question?
Watch the video or read the transcript for the answer!
Creating an FAQ page from an SEO perspective
“It really depends. First of all, do not create a subdomain. Make these pages on your own website. Second, if they’re long answers, then there’s nothing wrong with creating individual pages that answer those questions. But if they’re short answers, then the best user experience and thus, usually the best thing to do for Google is to put them on one page and create a larger FAQ page.
Now there’s all these efforts going on in Schema to make things like FAQs more easily marked up so that we can detect what is a question and what is an answer. I suspect we’ll have better solutions for this within the next six months. So stay tuned, subscribe to Yoast.com and make sure that you get all our news. Good luck.”
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Anyone have thoughts on how FAQs differ from a Knowledge Base in their usefulness/appeal/function? We have a web design and hosting website and certainly see the advantage with reduced support tickets and email inquiries.
Just added! Thanks…Bri
Awesome! Well done and good luck, Bri!
It is really a nice information. I also want to try this FAQ page for my website.
Great Topic. Keep It Up With Great Work.Thanks…
Thanks for this great post! I’ll be adding my FAQ soon
Great Divya! You’re welcome :)
Great article i will try to make one with a schema for my site.
It’s Really Great. Keep up the good work.
Interesting article. Do you find there is a benefit with SEO, or are these questions better in a blog format for instance? Just curious
Thanks for this.
What would you say about paid online courses? Should they go into a subdomain or stay within the same main domain?
I am contemplating moving my paid course to a subdomain and wondering if there’s an impact there that I am missing.
Hi Tsahi, It’s always better to do that on the same domain and not create a subdomain. That way the ranking of your paid courses pages can benefit from the ranking of your head domain. Good luck!