{"id":13875,"date":"2019-10-22T07:16:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T12:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/?p=13875"},"modified":"2020-09-09T14:15:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T19:15:15","slug":"schema-errors-warnings-what-they-are-why-they-matter-when-not-to-panic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/blog\/schema-errors-warnings-what-they-are-why-they-matter-when-not-to-panic\/","title":{"rendered":"Schema Errors &#038; Warnings: What They Are, Why They Matter &#038; When (Not) to Panic"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\r\n<article class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\r\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-beige has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-772205c6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-beige--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\r\n<header class=\"wp-block-group c-breadcrumbs aligngrid has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-61973aa6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\r\n<header class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d68226ec wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\" style=\"margin-bottom:5px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mediavine-dev.d1.moderntribe.qa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chevron-left2.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-542\" style=\"aspect-ratio:9\/16;object-fit:contain;width:auto;height:20px\"\/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"is-style-small is-style-small--2\"><a href=\"\/blog\/\">Back to Blog<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/header>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity aligngrid\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"\/>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default has-neutral-20-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\"><div class=\"aligncenter aligncenter wp-block-tribe-terms\"><ul class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__list\"><li class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__term\"><span class=\"wp-block-tribe-terms__link t-category\">General Blogging<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n<h1 style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);\" class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title\">Schema Errors &#038; Warnings: What They Are, Why They Matter &#038; When (Not) to Panic<\/h1>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9b38c6d9 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><div style=\"margin-bottom:0;margin-top:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;\" class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-author-name\">The Mediavine Team<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\u2022<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;\" class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date has-10-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2019-10-22T07:16:25-05:00\">October 22, 2019<\/time><\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a previous post, we touched briefly on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/what-is-schema\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what schema is<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, we&#8217;re delving into schema warnings and errors: What they are, when you need to care and why it probably isn\u2019t the emergency you are thinking it is.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, I need to let you in on a secret.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m not a developer<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I\u2019m not an engineer. I don\u2019t know how to write HTML and am happy that I finally learned how to hard-code my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/how-to-use-nofollow\/\">no-follows<\/a>. All I know about websites, blogging and troubleshooting technical issues comes from listening to others and trying it myself.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(And breaking stuff on my blog. A lot.)<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, this can be confusing and easier to ignore it (like I did with SEO for the first 6 years of my blog, argh), but we don&#8217;t have to. In all honesty, we can&#8217;t. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;re reading this at all, you&#8217;re ahead of the curve already. So stay with me as I attempt to explain this in real-people talk, not computer-people talk. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Going to un-schema-myself, if you think about it.)<\/span>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7577 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/woman-using-computer.jpg\" alt=\"A woman typing on a laptop computer.\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/woman-using-computer.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/woman-using-computer-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/woman-using-computer-307x460.jpg 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\n<h2><strong>What is Schema?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schema is just computer-speak that standardizes certain kinds of content so Google (and other search engines and computers) can understand it. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/docs\/full.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SO MANY different types of schema<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but for this post I\u2019m going to mostly be talking about Recipe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/how-to-schema\/\">How-To<\/a>, and ItemList schema. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These aren&#8217;t the only, or most important types, but they&#8217;re the ones I spend the most time explaining, testing, using and helping people with.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schema is the standardized way Google reads your information. If you have it, and it is valid (i.e. it passes the test), data that\u2019s included in that schema is eligible to show up in <\/span><b>Rich Results<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\n<h2><strong>What are Rich Results?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those are all the extra bells and whistles that certain types of content have in search results. Like this:<\/span>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13876 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/banana-1.png\" alt=\"A screen capture of Rich Results.\" width=\"1409\" height=\"1133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/banana-1.png 1409w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/banana-1-373x300.png 373w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/banana-1-768x618.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/banana-1-572x460.png 572w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/banana-1-735x591.png 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1409px) 100vw, 1409px\" \/>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13877 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/banana-2.png\" alt=\"A screen capture of Rich Results view on Google Search\" width=\"1254\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/banana-2.png 1254w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/banana-2-441x240.png 441w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/banana-2-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/banana-2-846x460.png 846w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/banana-2-735x400.png 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1254px) 100vw, 1254px\" \/>\n\n<b>NOTE: Each of your blog posts is either eligible or ineligible for Rich Results. <\/b><b>Having perfect schema <em>does not guarantee<\/em> your data will be picked up by Rich Results.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can check that using Google\u2019s own <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/test\/rich-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rich Results Test<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Save that, you\u2019ll want it later.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That brings us to the main point of this post: schema WARNINGS and ERRORS.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-mv_create_no_ratio wp-image-7848 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hands-computer-735x489.jpg\" alt=\"using a computer\" width=\"735\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hands-computer-735x489.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hands-computer-441x293.jpg 441w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hands-computer-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hands-computer-692x460.jpg 692w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/hands-computer.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/>\n<h2><strong>Schema Errors and Warnings Explained<\/strong><\/h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every type of schema has a set of data that is <\/span><b>required<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as some additional data is that <\/span><b>requested<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best practice is to provide ALL of the available fields with relevant data, but just like life, things aren\u2019t always perfect with blog posts. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you can\u2019t give both the required AND requested data, focus on providing all of the <\/span><b>required<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> data. Why?<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Required schema data, if not provided, will trigger <\/span><b>Google Search Console<\/b> <b>ERRORS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having errors in your schema because you&#8217;re missing required information makes your posts INELIGIBLE for <\/span><b>Rich Results<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. RED LIGHT. STOP AND FIX ME PLEASE.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Requested schema data, if not provided, will trigger <\/span><b>Google Search Console (GSC) WARNINGS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your post <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will still be eligible for Rich Results<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> if you have warnings associated with the schema. So, if you can, you should fix them, but having some errors hanging out in your GSC reports shouldn&#8217;t hurt you overall. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Definitely don\u2019t stress over them to the point of fixing a million schema warnings instead of putting out new content. Or promoting existing content. This is like a yellow light. Speed up or slow down, but don\u2019t quit driving.<\/span>\n<h3><strong>So for most people &#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(NOTE: Please consult an expert if you aren\u2019t sure if this applies to you, as always.)<\/span><\/i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think of <strong>Schema warnings<\/strong> as an annoying project you tackle for 20 minutes a day when you have time. It\u2019ll give you extra bells and whistles, potentially, in terms of search results, but not impact WHERE you rank (3 or 23), or if your post is eligible for Rich Results.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Schema errors<\/strong> are something you call in the cavalry for and fix immediately, if not sooner. These also don\u2019t impact WHERE (2 or 22) in search results you end up ranking, just how your results look, wherever they may fall.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To that end, it definitely impacts the CTR (click-through-rate) of your search results.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than anything, Schema is there to enhance existing search results. It impacts how your results look on the page (Rich or poor&#8230; see what I did there?), but doesn&#8217;t directly impact where you rank, in most cases.<\/span>\n<h3><strong>Quick Recap<\/strong><\/h3>\n<b>Schema<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> = Good. You need it. Get some.<\/span>\n\n<b>Rich Results<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> = Really good. Make your search results more attractive and more likely to be clicked.<\/span>\n\n<b>Google Search Console Errors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> = No Rich Results (for that post), less real estate in search results and lower click-through-rates (CTR).<\/span>\n\n<b>Google Search Console Warnings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> = Still eligible for Rich Results, but you want as few as possible.<\/span>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7453 size-mv_create_no_ratio\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/gdpr-blogger-735x490.jpg\" alt=\"mobile blog reader\" width=\"735\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/gdpr-blogger-735x490.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/gdpr-blogger-441x294.jpg 441w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/gdpr-blogger-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/gdpr-blogger-690x460.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/gdpr-blogger.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/>\n<h2><strong>Real-World Examples<\/strong><\/h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evaluations based on my extremely scientific worry scale of 1-10: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 is \u201cmeh\u201d and 10 is \u201cOh, &#8212;-!\u201d<\/span>\n<h3><b>Example #1<\/b><\/h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recipe Blogger gets an email that they have 700 warnings in Search Console, all of them for \u201cmissing video\u201d in Recipe Schema.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<b>Worry Scale:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2<\/span>\n\n<b>Action:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Start making videos and adding them to individual posts.<\/span>\n\n<b>Priority:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video is awesome for monetizing so this has double benefits. Also, Google loves video in posts. So &#8230; don\u2019t panic, but make some videos. It&#8217;s easy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediavine.com\/mediavine-video-the-ultimate-guide-even-if-you-dont-have-any-video\/\">even if you don&#8217;t have any video<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>right now.\n<h3><b>Example #2<\/b><\/h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIY Blogger gets an email with 1 GSC error: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Invalid object type for field \u201cstep\u201d.<\/span>\n\n<b>Worry Scale:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 5<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Definitely an action item since it&#8217;s an error, but it&#8217;s on ONE post, so it should be a fast fix.<\/span>\n\n<b>Action:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Drill down to the post that&#8217;s triggering the error, and make sure the schema is correct in your steps, or instructions.<\/span>\n\n<b>Priority:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 6\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll want to deal with this as soon as you can, and loop in additional help from your schema tool\u2019s support if you don\u2019t know what\u2019s wrong.\u00a0<\/span>\n<h3><b>Example #3<\/b><\/h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIY Blogger gets an email with multiple GSC warnings: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Either \u201cimage\u201d or \u201cvideo\u201d should be specified.<\/span>\n\n<b>Worry Scale:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2<\/span>\n\n<b>Action:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Google would like to see a photo or video for each step of your instructions. If you have them, you can slowly work your way through and add photos or video to each step of each instruction in your HowTo cards. After you&#8217;re finished with each post that triggered the warning, you\u2019ll want to \u201cValidate Fix\u201d in GSC.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<b>Priority:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tackle 3-4 of these a week. Keep this in mind when remaking something, in case you need more photos. 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