List your courses with new course info structured data
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023
As people continue to search for courses on Google, the desire for more detailed course
information has grown. Today, we are announcing a new set of recommendations to provide
course structured data to Google. Publishers now have the opportunity to surface supplemental
course information on Google Search by providing detailed information like pricing, educational
level, ratings, and length with structured data. This data can appear in the course info rich
result, which is a new carousel feature in Google Search that helps learners discover and compare
courses that fit their unique needs.
Displaying your courses within course structured data features
For the past few years, Google has been supporting a course list
markup feature (previously called "Course"), where a single publisher could provide course
structured data (name, description, and publisher). The course list rich result will continue to
be supported, and your traffic will not be affected regardless of whether you decide to add the
new course info markup. We will continue to use the same schema.org structured data type
for both features.
Verifying and monitoring your structured data with Search Console
To help you monitor and fix your structured data, we're adding a new course info
Rich result report
in Search Console. It shows valid and invalid structured data items for pages with course info
structured data, and the issues causing items to become invalid. You can use the report to debug,
fix, and validate your structured data issues.
Additionally, you can use the Rich result test
in Search Console to test the validity of your course info markup by submitting the URL of a page
or a code snippet. Using the tool, you can confirm whether or not your markup is valid instantly
without waiting for the rich result report to be updated.
We hope this new markup makes it easier for you to show your course information on Google. If you
have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us through the
Google Search Central Community.
Posted by Candice Denic,
Google Learning Product Manager and Ashwin Vaidyanathan, Google Learning Software Engineer
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This data populates a new course info rich result carousel, aiding learners in course discovery. Google is adding a new Rich result report in Search Console to help monitor and fix data issues. The existing course list feature will continue to be supported. A Rich result test in Search Console can also be used to check the validity of course information.\n"],null,["# List your courses with new course info structured data\n\nWednesday, November 15, 2023\n\n\nAs people continue to search for courses on Google, the desire for more detailed course\ninformation has grown. Today, we are announcing a new set of recommendations to provide\ncourse structured data to Google. Publishers now have the opportunity to surface supplemental\ncourse information on Google Search by providing detailed information like pricing, educational\nlevel, ratings, and length with structured data. This data can appear in the course info rich\nresult, which is a new carousel feature in Google Search that helps learners discover and compare\ncourses that fit their unique needs.\n\nDisplaying your courses within course structured data features\n--------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nFor the past few years, Google has been supporting a [course list](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/course)\nmarkup feature (previously called \"Course\"), where a single publisher could provide course\nstructured data (name, description, and publisher). The course list rich result will continue to\nbe supported, and your traffic will not be affected regardless of whether you decide to add the\nnew course info markup. We will continue to use the same [schema.org structured data type](https://schema.org/Course)\nfor both features.\n\n\nThe new [course info developer documentation](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/course-info)\nexplains how to fill required and recommended fields. Your courses can then be eligible to show in\nboth the existing course listing feature and the new course info feature if you meet the\n[feature guidelines and eligibility criteria](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/course-info#guidelines).\n\nVerifying and monitoring your structured data with Search Console\n-----------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nTo help you monitor and fix your structured data, we're adding a new course info\n[Rich result report](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7552505)\nin Search Console. It shows valid and invalid structured data items for pages with course info\nstructured data, and the issues causing items to become invalid. You can use the report to debug,\nfix, and validate your structured data issues.\n\n\nAdditionally, you can use the [Rich result test](https://search.google.com/test/rich-results)\nin Search Console to test the validity of your course info markup by submitting the URL of a page\nor a code snippet. Using the tool, you can confirm whether or not your markup is valid instantly\nwithout waiting for the rich result report to be updated.\n\n\nWe hope this new markup makes it easier for you to show your course information on Google. If you\nhave any questions or concerns, please reach out to us through the\n[Google Search Central Community](https://support.google.com/webmasters/threads?thread_filter=(category%3Astructured_data)).\n\nPosted by [Candice Denic](/search/blog/authors/candice-denic),\nGoogle Learning Product Manager and Ashwin Vaidyanathan, Google Learning Software Engineer"]]
