# Help us make the web better: An update on Rich Snippets

Monday, October 26, 2009

> [!IMPORTANT]
> It's been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some images may be missing, and some links may not work anymore). For a current list of supported rich results, check the [search gallery](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/search-gallery).


In May this year we
[announced](https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2009/05/introducing-rich-snippets)
Rich Snippets which makes it possible to show structured data from your pages on Google's search
results.
![a google rich snippet result](https://developers.google.com/static/search/blog/images/import/b6f30d8b68b758ddf7c5b88bab68ee0e.png)


We're convinced that structured data makes the web better, and we've worked hard to expand Rich
Snippets to more search results and collect your feedback along the way. If you have
[review](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/review-snippet)
or
[people/social networking](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/search-gallery)
content on your site, it's easier than ever to mark up your content using microformats or RDFa so
that Google can better understand it to generate useful Rich Snippets. Here are a few helpful
improvements on our end to enable you to mark up your content:

## Testing tool


See what Google is able to extract, and preview how microformats or RDFa
marked-up pages would look on Google search results. Test your URLs on the
[Rich Snippets Testing Tool](https://search.google.com/test/rich-results).
![the rich snippet testing tool](https://developers.google.com/static/search/blog/images/import/f7f6531cda638a1afc9f8f8bf872bd0f.png)


Google Custom Search users can also use the Rich Snippets Testing Tool to test markup usable in their
[Custom Search engine](https://googlecustomsearch.blogspot.com/2009/10/structured-custom-search.html).

## Better documentation


We've extended our documentation to include a new section containing
[Tips and Tricks](https://knol.google.com/k/google-rich-snippets/google-rich-snippets/32la2chf8l79m/1#)
and
[Frequently Asked Questions](https://knol.google.com/k/google-rich-snippets/google-rich-snippets/32la2chf8l79m/1#Frequently_Asked_Questions).
Here we have responded to common points of confusion and provided instructions on how to maximize
the chances of getting Rich Snippets for your site.

## Extended RDFa support


In addition to the
[Person](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/intro-structured-data)
RDFa format, we have added support for the corresponding fields from the
[FOAF](https://www.foaf-project.org/) and
[vCard](https://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#)
vocabularies for all those of you who asked for it.

## Videos


If you have videos on your page, you can now mark up your content to
[help Google find those videos](https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2009/09/supporting-facebook-share-and-rdfa-for).


As before, marking up your content does not guarantee that Rich Snippets will be shown for your
site. We will continue to expand this feature gradually to ensure a great user experience whenever
Rich Snippets are shown in search results.


Written by Kavi Goel, [Pravir Gupta](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pravirgupta/), and Othar Hansson