Google uses structured data to understand the content on the page. You can help us by providing
specific information about your site, which can help your site display in richer features in
search results.
To ensure the best experience for users, Google pilots some features with a limited number of
organizations. Here are the features that are currently in the Early Adopters Program:
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Key actions include optimizing elements like AI overviews, byline dates, favicons, and site names. It emphasizes using structured data to help Google understand website content, leading to richer search features. Various structured data types are listed, such as articles, events, and products, enabling enhanced search result displays. Additionally, it mentions features currently in an early adopters program, like package tracking and structured data carousels.\n"],null,["# Google Search Appearance | Google Search Central\n\nOverview of Search appearance topics\n====================================\n\nThe topics in this section describe how you can influence how your website appears in Google Search.\n\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| - [AI features](/search/docs/appearance/ai-features) - [Business details](/search/docs/appearance/establish-business-details) - [Byline dates](/search/docs/appearance/publication-dates) - [Favicons](/search/docs/appearance/favicon-in-search) - [Featured snippets](/search/docs/appearance/featured-snippets) - [Flexible Sampling general guidance](/search/docs/appearance/flexible-sampling) - [Google Discover](/search/docs/appearance/google-discover) - [Images](/search/docs/appearance/google-images) | - [Site names](/search/docs/appearance/site-names) - [Sitelinks](/search/docs/appearance/sitelinks) - [Snippets](/search/docs/appearance/snippet) - [Title links](/search/docs/appearance/title-link) - [Top Places List](/search/docs/appearance/top-places-list) - [Translated results](/search/docs/appearance/translated-results) - [Videos](/search/docs/appearance/video) - [Visual Elements gallery](/search/docs/appearance/visual-elements-gallery) - [Web stories](/search/docs/appearance/enable-web-stories) |\n\nUsing structured data\n---------------------\n\n\nGoogle uses structured data to understand the content on the page. You can help us by providing\nspecific information about your site, which can help your site display in richer features in\nsearch results.\n\n|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| - [List of structured data markup that Google Search supports](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/search-gallery) - [Understand how structured data works](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/intro-structured-data) - [Generate structured data with JavaScript](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/generate-structured-data-with-javascript) | - [General structured data guidelines](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/sd-policies) - [Enriched search results](/search/docs/appearance/enriched-search-results) |\n\n### Features that use structured data\n\n\nHere's a list of the features that use structured data:\n\n|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| - [Article](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/article) - [Breadcrumb](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/breadcrumb) - [Carousel](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/carousel) - [Course list](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/course) - [Dataset](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/dataset) - [Discussion forum](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/discussion-forum) - [Education Q\\&A](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/education-qa) - [Employer aggregate rating](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/employer-rating) - [Event](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/event) - [FAQ](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/faqpage) - [Image metadata](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/image-license-metadata) - [Job posting](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/job-posting) | - [Local business](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/local-business) - [Math solver](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/math-solvers) - [Movie carousel](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/movie) - [Organization](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/organization) - [Practice problem](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/practice-problems) - [Product](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/product): - [Product snippet](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/product-snippet) - [Merchant listing](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/merchant-listing) - [Variants](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/product-variants) - [Merchant return policy](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/return-policy) - [Loyalty program](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/loyalty-program) - [Profile page](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/profile-page) | - [Q\\&A](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/qapage) - [Recipe](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/recipe) - [Review snippet](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/review-snippet) - [Software app](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/software-app) - [Speakable](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/speakable) - [Subscription and paywalled content](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/paywalled-content) - [Vacation rental](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/vacation-rental) - [Video](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/video) |\n\nEarly Adopters Program\n----------------------\n\n\nTo ensure the best experience for users, Google pilots some features with a limited number of\norganizations. Here are the features that are currently in the Early Adopters Program:\n\n- [Package tracking](/search/docs/appearance/package-tracking)\n- [Structured data carousels (beta)](/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/carousels-beta)"]]