FAQ & HowTo Schema Changes

tattooedbuddha

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• Aug 8, 2023

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”Going forward, FAQ (from FAQPage structured data) rich results will only be shown for well-known, authoritative government and health websites. For all other sites, this rich result will no longer be shown regularly. Sites may automatically be considered for this treatment depending on their eligibility.”

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/08/howto-faq-changes
Are you prepared for this? How much of a traffic cut are you guys expecting?

 

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frankygoldberg

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• Aug 8, 2023

• #2

too bad for the FAQ schema... have a niche site that was heavily optimized for FAQ's.

 

Dopious

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• Aug 8, 2023

• #3

We are so FAQ´ed .. But it makes sense since all the FAQ spamming going on and expected sooner or later.

 

shuttershades

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• #4

They are not doing this to let our sites rank better in SEEP. Be ready to see BARD AI text in those spaces .

 

HenryObi

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• #5

tattooedbuddha said:

”Going forward, FAQ (from FAQPage structured data) rich results will only be shown for well-known, authoritative government and health websites. For all other sites, this rich result will no longer be shown regularly. Sites may automatically be considered for this treatment depending on their eligibility.”

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/08/howto-faq-changes
Are you prepared for this? How much of a traffic cut are you guys expecting?

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These days I expect anything and everything from Google.

 

CPANathan

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tattooedbuddha said:

Are you prepared for this? How much of a traffic cut are you guys expecting?

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I was so close to having my head wrapped around schema, I'm wondering now how much I missed out on

 

Fang Yu

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• #7

It was just a matter of time. People spam it a lot.

 

Waifu_tatyana

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• Aug 10, 2023

• #8

How does any client side visual changes relate to dealing with spam Faq sites?

Google spiders will still crawl the schemas and rank results as before.

It's just that clients won't see FAQ section in rich results.

 

Steptoe

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Aww we were 'over-aggressive'!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1716833167829569579

 

NeedMyLink

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• Oct 25, 2023

• #10

Interesting move by Google. From my experience, FAQ schema provided a significant SERP advantage for many sites. It's crucial now to pivot and focus more on core content quality and organic link-building strategies.