New reports for Guided Recipes on Assistant in Search Console
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Over the past two years,Google Assistanthas helped
users around the world cook yummy recipes and discover new favorites. During this time, web site
owners have had to wait for Google to reprocess their web pages before they could see their
updates on the Assistant. Along the way, we've heard many of you say you want an easier and
faster way to know how the Assistant will guide users through a recipe.
We are happy to announce support for Guided Recipes inSearch Consoleas well as in the Rich
Results Test tool. This will allow you to instantly validate the markup for individual recipes,
as well as discover any issues with all of the recipes on your site.
Guided Recipes Enhancement report
In Search Console, you can now view aRich Result Status Reportwith the errors, warnings, and fully valid pages found among your site's recipes. It also
includes a check box to show trends on search impressions, which can help in understanding the
impact of your rich results appearances.
In addition, if you find an issue and fix it, you can use the report to notify Google that your
page has changed and should be recrawled.
Guided Recipes in Rich Results Test
AddGuided Recipe structured datato a page and submit its URL – or just test a code snippet within theRich Results Test tool. The test
results show any errors or suggestions for your structured data as can be seen in the screenshot below.
You can also use the Preview tool in the Rich Results Test to see how Assistant guidance for
your recipe can appear on a smart display. You can find any issues with your markup before
publishing it.
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