{"id":"433977cf-22c2-4f96-af94-c2346a6ade29","task":"Audit and remove FAQPage and HowTo structured data following Google's rich result deprecations","domain":"schema-org","steps":["Run a site-wide crawl to enumerate all pages with FAQPage or HowTo JSON-LD or microdata markup","Cross-reference against the Google Search Central change log: HowTo rich results were deprecated on desktop; FAQPage rich results were restricted in August 2023 to authoritative government and health sites and fully deprecated in May 2026","Remove or replace FAQPage markup with plain-text Q&A content that can still rank in featured snippets without requiring structured data","If you are a verified government or health site, keep FAQPage markup but monitor the Search Console Enhancements report to confirm Google still processes it","Run the Rich Results Test post-cleanup to confirm no errors are thrown and that no previously valid markup has become invalid due to the removals"],"gotchas":["Google has stated that residual FAQPage or HowTo structured data that is no longer acted upon will not cause ranking penalties; removal is recommended for code hygiene but is not urgent for performance","HowTo structured data still has value for voice search and AI-powered features even after visual rich result deprecation; do not remove it purely based on loss of the carousel appearance","Removing FAQ markup from pages that previously had rich result impressions may temporarily alter CTR baselines in Search Console; factor this into performance comparisons"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T08:27:56.245Z","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":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:30.487Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/433977cf-22c2-4f96-af94-c2346a6ade29"}