Google has not deprecated the Rich Results Test (RRT). The tool remains live and is still Google’s official way to check eligibility for supported rich result types. What has changed is Google’s ongoing rollback of specific rich result formats, which naturally reduces what RRT will surface for those types. In June 2025, Google said it would drop support for seven structured data features — including Book Actions, Course Info, Claim Review, Estimated Salary, Learning Video, Special Announcement and Vehicle Listing — to simplify results pages. As formats are retired, RRT stops highlighting the associated markup. Search Engine Land
A recent example: the Sitelinks Search Box feature was removed in late 2024; Google confirmed its Search Console rich results report would be removed and RRT would no longer highlight that markup. Google for Developers
What this means for SEOs
- Use RRT when targeting Google features that still exist. Google’s docs continue to recommend testing with RRT during development and watching rich-result status reports after deployment. Google for Developers+1
- If a format is no longer supported, its markup won’t show in RRT — that’s expected behaviour, not a tool deprecation. Search Engine Land
Best current alternatives & complements
- Schema Markup Validator (schema.org): Validates against the full Schema.org vocabulary (JSON-LD, Microdata, RDFa). It’s based on Google’s former Structured Data Testing Tool but is not Google-specific and doesn’t provide Google-style rich-result eligibility previews. Use it for broad, standards-level checks.
- Google Search Console — URL Inspection & reports: Still the source of truth for how Google sees a live page and for any remaining rich-result reports. Google for Developers
- Bing Webmaster Tools — Markup/URL Inspection: Bing’s Markup Validator (now included in URL Inspection) supports JSON-LD and shows markup details for Bing. Useful for multi-engine coverage. Bing Blogs Search - Microsoft Bing
- Yandex Structured Data Validator: Helpful if you target Yandex; checks conformance to its requirements. Yandex
- Third-party generators/previews: Tools like Merkle (TechnicalSEO) Schema Markup Generator (create JSON-LD) and various SERP/rich-snippet previewers offer quick visual checks or code scaffolding; pair them with RRT/Schema.org for validation.
