Definition

An FAQ rich result is a Google Search appearance that displayed a list of questions and answers drawn from a page using FAQPage structured data. Google has restricted and is deprecating this feature.

In 2023 Google narrowed eligibility for FAQ rich results to well-known, authoritative websites that are government-focused or health-focused, removing eligibility for general business, e-commerce and forum sites. Google has since announced the broader deprecation of FAQ rich results, with removal from Search. FAQPage structured data can still describe question-and-answer content on a page, but it no longer produces an FAQ rich result for most sites.

Examples

• Historic appearance

  A government health page marked up with FAQPage previously showed an expandable list of common questions directly beneath its search listing.

• Restricted eligibility

  An online retailer that added FAQPage markup did not receive an FAQ rich result, because the feature was limited to authoritative government and health sites.

Sources

• Google Search Central — FAQPage (FAQ) structured data
• Schema.org — FAQPage

Related terms

• Rich Results
  Search results enhanced with visual or interactive elements — review stars, prices, FAQs, recipe images — generated from a page's structured data.
• 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.
• Featured Snippet
  A search result that surfaces an answer extracted from a single web page in a highlighted box at or near the top of Google's results page.
• People Also Ask
  A SERP feature that displays a cluster of related questions, each expanding to show a featured-snippet-style answer drawn from a web page.

Where QueryCatch uses this

• Schema Markup Generator
• Search Performance