SEOs Are Recommending Structured Data For AI Search… Why?

SEOs Are Recommending Structured Data For AI Search… Why?

A post on LinkedIn questioned the idea that Schema.org structured data has an impact on what a large language model outputs. Apparently there are some SEOs who are recommending structured data to rank better in AI search engines. Patrick Stox wrote the following post on LinkedIn: “Did I miss something? Why do SEOs think schema … Read more

AI Search Optimization: Make Your Structured Data Accessible

AI Search Optimization: Make Your Structured Data Accessible

A recent investigation has uncovered a problem for websites relying on JavaScript for structured data. This data, often in JSON-LD format, is difficult for AI crawlers to access if not in the initial HTML response. Crawlers like GPTBot (used by ChatGPT), ClaudeBot, and PerplexityBot can’t execute JavaScript and miss any structured data added later. This … Read more

Structured Data In 2024: Key Patterns Reveal The Future Of AI Discovery [Data Study]

Structured Data In 2024: Key Patterns Reveal The Future Of AI Discovery [Data Study]

The structured data landscape has undergone significant transformation in 2024, driven by the rise of AI-powered search, the growing importance of machine-readable content, and the need to ground large language models in factual data. According to the latest HTTP Archive’s Web Almanac, analyzing structured data across 16.9 million websites reveals a clear shift from traditional … Read more

Digital Marketers See Schema Structured Data Shifting Beyond SEO

Digital Marketers See Schema Structured Data Shifting Beyond SEO

An interesting discussion emerged on Twitter inspired by an article written by Jono Alderson. The article proposes thinking about Schema.org structured data markup as a way for emerging AI technologies to better understand and surface published Internet content. Schema.org Structured Data Markup The content on a website is called unstructured data because there is no … Read more

Google Proposes New Shipping Structured Data

Google's proposal for a new shopping related structured data sparks a lively discussion

Google published a proposal in the Schema.org Project GitHub instance that proposes proposing an update at Schema.org to expand the shopping structured data so that merchants can provide more shipping information that will likely show up in Google Search and other systems. Shipping Schema.org Structured Data The proposed new structured data Type can be used … Read more

Google Expands Structured Data Support for Product Certifications

Google Expands Structured Data Support for Product Certifications

Google has announced an update to its Search Central documentation, introducing support for certification markup in product structured data. This change will take full effect in April and aims to provide more comprehensive and globally relevant product information. New Certification Markup For Merchant Listings Google has added Certification markup support for merchant listings in its … Read more

Google Expands Video Structured Data Options With New Property

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Google adds ‘ineligibleRegion’ property to video structured data, allowing publishers to specify regions where videos shouldn’t appear in search results. Google added ‘ineligibleRegion’ to video structured data. It lets sites specify where videos shouldn’t appear in search. This offers more control over regional video visibility. Source link

Google Updates ProfilePage Structured Data Documentation

Google Updates ProfilePage Structured Data Documentation

Google updated their documentation for the profile page structured data, a structured data that all creators including recipe bloggers can use and become eligible for enhanced listings in the search results. What is ProfilePage Structured Data? ProfilePage structured data is a Schema.org markup that Google uses for enhanced listings in the search results. It’s well … Read more

Google Updates Organization Structured Data Documentation

Google Updates Organization Structured Data Documentation

Google updated the opening paragraph of the Organization Structured Data documentation to provide a clearer, more comprehensive description of its purpose, with improved clarity on four specific points. The result is a model of how to write a high quality opening paragraph. The new documentation has a high level of information density, which is the quality … Read more

Google Updates Guidance On EEA Carousels Beta Structured Data

Google Updates Guidance On EEA Carousels Beta Structured Data

Google updated the structured data guidance on a beta carousels structured data that is intended for users in the European Economic Area, which is related to Google’s preparations for the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The new guidance covers how to use this structured data on summary or category pages and for paginated categories. Carousel (Beta) … Read more

Google Clarifies Organization Merchant Returns Structured Data

Google updates organization structured data for merchant returns

Google quietly updated their organization structured data documentation in order to clarify two points about merchant returns in response to feedback about an ambiguity in the previous version. Organization Structured Data and Merchant Returns Google recently expanded their Organization structured data so that it could now accommodate a merchant return policy. The change added support … Read more

Google’s Structured Data Update May Boost Merchant Sales

Google's Structured Data Update May Boost Merchant Sales

Google updated their structured data guidelines to reflect support for a sitewide return policy within the Organization structured data. This eliminates the need to add redundant return policy information for every product listing structured data and can result in more traffic and sales to online merchants. This doesn’t mean that merchants are required to change … Read more

Google Case Study Shows Importance Of Structured Data

Google Case Study Shows Importance Of Structured Data

Google published a case study that shows how using structured data and following best practices improved discoverability and brought more search traffic. The case study was about the use of Video structured data but the insights shared are applicable across a range of content types. The new case study is about an Indonesian publisher called … Read more

Big Change To Google’s Product Structured Data Page

Big Change To Google's Product Structured Data Page

Google revamped their product structured data documentation by splitting up one comprehensive page into three pages that are more closely focused on their topics, providing an example of how to rewrite a page that’s too big and turn it into multiple topically relevant webpages. Google Product Structured Data Product structured data is essential for ecommerce … Read more

Google Ends Video Carousel Structured Data Test

Google ends support for Video Carousel structured data and associated rich results

Google has ended support for the video carousel (limited access) markup documentation and the associated rich results because after testing the structured data they realized that it wasn’t useful at scale. Site publishers who use this specific structured data don’t necessarily have to remove it, other search engines may find it useful. However, Google won’t … Read more

Google Clarifies Vacation Rental Structured Data

Google updates their vacation rental structured data documentation

Google’s structured data documentation for vacation rentals was recently updated to require more specific data in a change that is more of a clarification than it is a change in requirements. This change was made without any formal announcement or notation in the developer pages changelog. Vacation Rentals Structured Data These specific structured data types … Read more

Google Updates Carousels (Beta) Structured Data Documentation

Google Updates Carousels (Beta) Structured Data Documentation

Google updated the structured data documentation for the Structured Data Carousels (beta) that show rich results for qualifying topics. The new documentation clarifies specific requirements and makes it more explicit that the rich results features are limited to a single geographic area. Structured Data Carousels (beta) Carousels Structured Data (beta) enables web publishers that aggregate … Read more

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