{"id":1834,"slug":"google-faq-rich-results-deprecation-may-2026","title":"Google has been NARROWING rich-result features — FAQ rich results deprecated May 7, 2026; seven types retired June 2025","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","dev","smb-owner","candid-team"],"topics":["algorithm-updates","structured-data-mechanics","rich-results-eligibility"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** Google has been **narrowing** rich-result features — **FAQ rich results deprecated May 7, 2026**; **seven types retired June 2025**.\n\n**Source:** developers.google.com (Search Central announcements) — 2025–2026.\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**Why this matters for Candid:** Strongest single argument against treating schema as a growing investment area. The direction of travel is fewer rich results, not more — which further deflates vendor claims that \"more schema = more visibility.\" Reinforces [[rule-schema-is-eligibility-not-ranking-stop-claiming-otherwise]].","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"google-structured-data-eligibility-not-ranking-correction","title":"Google documentation — structured data makes pages ELIGIBLE for rich results, NOT a generic ranking boost (\"enables a feature to be present, does not guarantee that it will be present\")","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-website-as-working-surface-june-2026","title":"Research brief: the website as a working surface of the business — four capabilities, AI-citation decoupling, freshness as a real signal (June 2026)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"rule-schema-is-eligibility-not-ranking-stop-claiming-otherwise","title":"R2 — Schema markup is rich-result ELIGIBILITY, not a ranking boost; stop claiming otherwise in client materials","kind":"rule","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"}]},"created_at":"2026-06-21T13:17:17.752Z","updated_at":"2026-06-21T13:17:17.752Z"}