Help Documentation Changes for October

Last month Google removed some structured data fields from their help documentation because "they are unused by Google Search and Rich Result Test doesn't flag warnings for them."

In addition, they added a requirement for author.name, made a clarification regarding VideoGame, and updated documentation about titles and snippets in Google Search results.

Here's a list of the latest documentation updates,

October 28: Removed the following structured data fields from documentation, since they are unused by Google Search and Rich Result Test doesn't flag warnings for them:

• HowTo: description.
• QAPage: mainEntity.suggestedAnswer.author, mainEntity.dateCreated, mainEntity.suggestedAnswer.dateCreated, mainEntity.acceptedAnswer.author, mainEntity.acceptedAnswer.dateCreated, and mainEntity.author .
• SpecialAnnouncement: provider, audience, serviceType, address, and category.

October 15: Added a requirement that the author.name field in Review snippets must be less than 100 characters to be eligible for use in Search features.

October 13: Clarified that VideoGame is not a valid node type for