diff --git a/hugo.yml b/hugo.yml
index 1584c0270..cf0e7529e 100644
--- a/hugo.yml
+++ b/hugo.yml
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ params:
   analytics:
     fathom_site:        "ITUSEYJG"
 
-  # This is currently used by Hugo's internal twitter_cards.html and opengraph.html templates;
-  # the first image in the following array is always used, unless specified in the front matter
+  # This is currently used by Hugo's internal templates; the first image
+  # in the following array is always used, unless specified in the front matter
   images:
     - "/assets/img/bootstrap-social.png"
 
diff --git a/src/layouts/_default/baseof.html b/src/layouts/_default/baseof.html
index edc75d5e4..53189319e 100644
--- a/src/layouts/_default/baseof.html
+++ b/src/layouts/_default/baseof.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!doctype html>
-<html lang="{{ site.Language.LanguageCode }}">
+<html lang="{{ site.Language.LanguageCode }}" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage">
   <head>
     {{ partial "head" . }}
   </head>
diff --git a/src/layouts/partials/social.html b/src/layouts/partials/social.html
index 4545a1b22..0abc92038 100644
--- a/src/layouts/partials/social.html
+++ b/src/layouts/partials/social.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 <meta name="author" content="{{ $author | default .Site.Params.author }}">
 
 {{ template "_internal/twitter_cards.html" . -}}
-{{- /* Manually add `twitter:creator` since Hugo's internal shortcode has some issues */ -}}
+{{- /* Manually add `twitter:creator` since Hugo's internal shortcode doesn't add it */ -}}
 <meta name="twitter:creator" content="@{{ $authorTwitter | default .Site.Params.twitter }}">
 
 {{ template "_internal/opengraph.html" . -}}
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@
 <meta property="og:image:width" content="{{ .Width }}">
 <meta property="og:image:height" content="{{ .Height }}">
 {{- end }}
+
+{{ template "_internal/schema.html" . -}}
