{"id":15056,"date":"2021-03-23T11:45:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T11:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.improvemysearchranking.com\/?p=15056"},"modified":"2023-12-05T11:11:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T11:11:19","slug":"two-new-changes-to-the-google-search-console-rich-results-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.improvemysearchranking.com\/two-new-changes-to-the-google-search-console-rich-results-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Two new changes to the Google Search Console rich results report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google has updated the Google Search Console rich results report. The two changes are related to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The job posting report, and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The FAQ and Q&amp;A rich results report<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Changes to the FAQ and Q&amp;A report were made earlier this month, on March 2, 2021. However, changes to the job posting report are more recent; they were made on March 11, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s see what the two changes are and how these changes may impact webmasters as well as SEO professionals managing other websites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><b>1. FAQ and Q&amp;A report<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting from March 2, 2021, Google has changed how it checks the validity of FAQ and Q&amp;A structured data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before March 2, 2021, Google was checking the validity of the structured data at the root level. However, after the change, the FAQ and Q&amp;A structured data will be checked for validity below the root entity level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this update in Google\u2019s methodology, it is expected that webmasters will see more warnings regarding the validity of FAQ and Q&amp;A items in the Google Search Console rich results reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Google, this change was made to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201creflect an accurate count of root and nested entities that we found on your website.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h2><b>2. Job posting report<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting on March 11, 2021, Google has also changed the requirements for the Education, Experience, and Experience in Place of Education properties of the job posting markup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Google, you may see an increase in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cwarnings for Job Posting instances.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google also advised following the new requirements <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/answer\/6211453?hl=en#zippy=%2Crich-result-reports\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in this documentation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> if you notice new errors or notices in the Google Search Console rich results report.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With these changes, Google is able to detect and display new potential issues with your structured data. If you use structured data on your website (which you should), it is a good idea to do a quick audit and see if you can notice these errors in the Google Search Console rich results report.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has updated the Google Search Console rich results report. The two changes are related to: The job posting report, and The FAQ and Q&amp;A rich results report &nbsp; Changes to the FAQ and Q&amp;A report were made earlier this month, on March 2, 2021. 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