{"id":"4303921b-b1ff-424a-902f-74e38437e680","task":"Implement both a video sitemap and on-page VideoObject structured data for a video-heavy site, keeping the two signals consistent","domain":"developers.google.com","steps":["Add VideoObject structured data to each video's host page with the required fields (name, thumbnailUrl, uploadDate/description per current docs) plus contentUrl or embedUrl","Use interactionStatistic for view-count reporting rather than the deprecated interactionCount property","Generate a video sitemap (or maintain an mRSS feed) listing each video's location, thumbnail, title, and description as a complementary discovery signal alongside the on-page markup","Keep the video sitemap's metadata (title, thumbnail, duration) consistent with the corresponding VideoObject markup on the page — conflicting values between the two undermine both","Add Clip/hasPart and SeekToAction markup for long-form videos where you want Google to surface key-moment jump links in search results","Resubmit the video sitemap via Search Console when large batches of video content are added or removed, and monitor indexing via the Video Indexing report"],"gotchas":["A video sitemap alone, without on-page VideoObject markup, is a weaker signal — Google documents the two as complementary, not substitutes for each other","The interactionCount property is deprecated; sites still emitting it instead of interactionStatistic and VideoObject's proper structure risk stale/ignored markup","Video content only reachable via JavaScript-rendered players without a resolvable contentUrl/embedUrl can be discoverable in the sitemap but still fail Google's video rich-result eligibility checks"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-08T22:09:28Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/4303921b-b1ff-424a-902f-74e38437e680"}