Definition

Article structured data is schema.org markup — using the Article, NewsArticle or BlogPosting types — added to article pages so Google can better understand the content and display enhanced title, image and date information in search results.

Google supports three schema.org types for articles: Article, NewsArticle and BlogPosting. The markup is optional — Google states there is no markup requirement to be eligible for its news features — but when present it gives Google structured signals about the headline, author, publication date and images. It is typically added as JSON-LD in the page's HTML and can be checked with the Rich Results Test.

Examples

• Blog post markup

  A recipe blog adds BlogPosting JSON-LD naming the headline, author and datePublished. Google uses it to show a clearer title and date for the post in search results.

• News publisher

  A news site marks up each report with NewsArticle structured data so Google has explicit signals about the article's author and publish time.

Sources

• Google Search Central — Article (Article, NewsArticle, BlogPosting) structured data

Related terms

• Schema Markup
  Structured data added to a page that describes its content to search engines in a machine-readable format.
• JSON-LD
  A JSON-based syntax for embedding structured data in a script tag, used to describe a page's content to search engines and other parsers.
• Rich Results
  Search results enhanced with visual or interactive elements — review stars, prices, FAQs, recipe images — generated from a page's structured data.
• Video Structured Data
  VideoObject schema markup that describes a video to Google, enabling video rich results, key moments and a live badge in search.

Where QueryCatch uses this

• SEO Audit
• AI Blog Writer