Error in required structured data element

Hi,

You identified several issues. We have responded to them below.

A. AMP Issue
We ran the URL through Google’s testing tool here and no errors appeared. See image: https://pasteboard.co/ICZS5tu.png

Can you elaborate more on the exact error you are getting? Are you able to take a screenshot? You can use a tool like: https://pasteboard.co/ to share the image.

B.Also, all of my FAQs are missing from SERP.
Can you provide a page that highlights this issue? We’d be happy to check if Yoast is outputting all the right data.

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback, coming to my query.

A. AMP Issue
I have taken the journey screenshot to make you better understand, see
https://pasteboard.co/ID1yUcl.jpg
https://pasteboard.co/ID1znfN.jpg
https://pasteboard.co/ID1zCPa.jpg

Well, the error is still unknown but it is effecting my overall traffic.

B. FAQs
GSC is not showing any error regarding the FAQ schema but all of sudden I’ve lost all of my FAQs from SERP. Earlier, I was getting the same on each article page.

I tested a random effected URL on AMP test, see…
https://search.google.com/test/amp?id=Hbpc1F1LGbTTsF468gT9_g

Thanks

• This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by shaileshthakran.

Hi

A. AMP Issue
We went to https://throttlebias.com/performance-vehicles/chevy-camaro-exorcist-specs/amp/ and https://throttlebias.com/performance-vehicles/2020-ford-mustang-shelby-gt500-specs-features-pics/amp/ and we are getting redirected to the homepage. See image: https://pasteboard.co/IDab5Qv.png

Was anything changed on those URLs which would make them redirect? Or can you copy/paste those URLs into a reply?

B. AMP Issue On https://throttlebias.com/performance-vehicles/fastest-mercedes-benz/amp/
Odd. Google is saying there is an issue when you run the URL through the AMP Testing Tool here. See image https://pasteboard.co/IDacI6b.png

Yet when you check on the structured data for that URL, the same result here. No errors.

We suggest the following, which may also resolve structured data issues for the URLs in A above, as Google may be confused.

1. Clear all your caching from your theme, plugin, server, CDN like CloudFlare or browser. If you are not sure how to clear caching from theme/plugin please speak to those authors. If you want to clear cache from the server, please speak to your host provider. To clear the cache from a browser use this guide:?https://kb.yoast.com/kb/how-to-clear-my-browsers-cache/.

2. Delete your sitemap in Google. Doing so will not hurt the SEO of the site. This guide explains more (scroll to the bottom):?https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/183669?hl=en.

3. Submit the sitemap again. Be sure to submit only sitemap_index.xml and nothing else.?This guide explains more:?https://kb.yoast.com/kb/submit-sitemap-search-engines/.

4. Monitor the results to see if the issue resolves.

C. No FAQ Schema
We can see Google shows no errors here. We can also see Yoast is outputting the page as a FAQpage as expected. See image https://pasteboard.co/IDae51i.png

We suggest trying the action in B above and seeing if the issue resolves.

Hey team, done everything you have mentioned but nothing changed. Still, the blog has Error in required structured data element and no FAQ are showing in SERP.

FAQ shows for your site in SERP for your site when using the site: search variable and a question. This likely means that FAQ markup was not shown for the specific search query you used.

Mobile: https://pasteboard.co/IDNYIE2.jpg (amp icon)
Desktop: https://pasteboard.co/IDNYuzB.png (no amp icon)

Thanks @amboutwe but earlier the FAQs were showing just by searching any blog. Why would any user apply site: in his search?

Also, just because of those FAQs my blog was getting a good CTR and now it has lower down by almost 50%.

By using the site: variable, we can confirm that
a) your site has the correct FAQ markup,
b) Google processed the FAQ markup, and
c) Google can display the FAQ for the article.

The FAQ is only shown when Google determines it adds value to the search result. If it’s not appearing when you search for specific queries, then Google decided it’s not relevant to that query.

Google’s goal is to best represent and describe each result. They use a number of different sources to get this information. In doing so, they try to make the search results as relevant as possible. Due to this being handled on Google’s end, there is little you can do to force Google to display the FAQ markup for your site.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by amboutwe.

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