Google up to date the video structured information to say that the outline property is not required. As an alternative, Google moved the outline property merchandise to the “beneficial” part, from the “required” part of the assistance doc.

Because of this movies that had been lacking the outline property inside your structured information are actually legitimate. Google Search Console will not report these as invalid, and you might even see extra legitimate gadgets displaying up within the wealthy outcomes report.

Additionally, it means that you could be see extra of your movies displaying up with wealthy outcomes – i.e., video thumbnails, and many others, within the Google search outcomes.

Google continues to be recommending you add video descriptions, but when that’s an excessive amount of of a trouble, it is best to know it’s not a requirement.

Google posted this discover within the information anomalies part on Could 4th, “The outline property is not required for Video structured information gadgets (although it is nonetheless strongly beneficial to assist Google higher perceive the content material of your video). Consequently, the lacking description concern will not seem as a crucial concern, and you might even see a rise within the variety of legitimate Video structured information gadgets in your Video enhancement report.”

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