FAQ Rich Results Ended: What Publishers Should Remove, Keep and Re-measure
Google ended FAQ rich results. Audit obsolete markup and dependencies, preserve useful reader answers, and annotate the display change before comparing performance.
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Google ended FAQ rich results. Audit obsolete markup and dependencies, preserve useful reader answers, and annotate the display change before comparing performance.
Keep publisher-written pages typed as Article even when they have comments. Use DiscussionForumPosting or QAPage only when the primary visible content fits those page jobs.
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A complete operating guide for defining the reader job, classifying claims, collecting evidence, adding information gain, reviewing skeptically, publishing, and maintaining the page.
Audit a new website in release order: clear discovery blockers, define page jobs, test representative templates, verify performance and measurement, then resolve every P0 and P1.
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