B
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34%
34% -- incorrect implementations invalid applicationcategory share for SaaS product pages with incorrect SoftwareApplication schema (2025)
34% of incorrect SaaS SoftwareApplication schema implementations used an invalid applicationCategory value (specifically 'Software').
- Based on an audit of over 2,000 SaaS product pages
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34%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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Sample Size
2,000
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B
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75
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60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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seo.yatna.ai
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Tier B
https://seo.yatna.ai/seo-academy/softwareapplication-schema-rich-results/ ↗
Source Article
SoftwareApplication Schema: The Exact Markup That Triggers Rich Results (with JSON-LD Examples)
Schema MarkupSoftwareApplication Schema: The Exact Markup That Triggers Rich Results (with JSON-LD Examples)
SoftwareApplication schema tells Google your product's price, rating, and category - unlocking rich results. Most SaaS sites get it wrong. Here's the exact markup that works.
- SoftwareApplic…
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seo.yatna.ai
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Author's audit of over 2,000 SaaS product pages
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SaaS product pages with incorrect SoftwareApplication schema: 34% incorrect implementations invalid applicationcategory share. Source: seo.yatna.ai (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/saas-schema-invalid-category-2025
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