This article is published by AllBusiness.com, a partner of TIME. Structured data refers to highly organized and clearly defined information that is stored in a predefined format, making it easily ...

The amount of data generated daily is just mind-boggling. And as much as 90 percent of that data is defined as unstructured data. But what does that mean and what do you need to know about ...

With structured data, data fields are aligned side-by-side in fixed record lengths, with specific data fields appearing at static locations within each record. Unstructured data does not contain a set ...

Structured data is a small and declining percentage of business information. But it is critically important for almost all organisations. Structured data volumes are growing more slowly than stores of ...

When a conversation turns to analytics or big data, the terms structured, semi-structured and unstructured might get bandied about. These are classifications of data that are now important to ...

Structured data is useful for performing better in Google by communicating information about a web page, produce or service. It’s one of the few quick wins that you can control. Structured data seems ...

Business information is mostly generated by systems or people. Data from systems is most likely to be structured. In its traditional format, this is most typified by data in relational databases that ...

Adding structured data is always a good idea. However, an incorrect implementation can lead to a manual action. A loss of rankings is a high price to pay for not paying attention to details.