Q&A (QAPage) structured data

📌 What QAPage Markup Does #

• Purpose: Tells Google your page contains a single question with one or more answers.
  
• Benefits: Your Q&A can appear in rich results or Discussions & Forums in Search.
  
• Best For:
  
  • Forums
    
  • Community Q&A
    
  • Support pages with one main question
    
  • Educational Q&A blogs
    

✅ Required Structure #

The main hierarchy:

• QAPage → The page itself.
  
  • mainEntity → A Question.
    
    • name → The question text.
      
    • text → The full question description.
      
    • answerCount → Number of answers.
      
    • acceptedAnswer (if applicable) → The best answer.
      
    • suggestedAnswer → Other answers.
      

✨ JSON-LD Example (Clean) #

Here’s a Google-ready QAPage example:

<script type=”application/ld+json”>

{

  “@context”: “https://schema.org”,

  “@type”: “QAPage”,

  “mainEntity”: {

    “@type”: “Question”,

    “name”: “What is the best digital marketing course in Ahmedabad?”,

    “text”: “I am looking for a practical, hands-on digital marketing course in Ahmedabad. Any suggestions?”,

    “answerCount”: 2,

    “dateCreated”: “2025-07-25T12:00:00+05:30”,

    “author”: {

      “@type”: “Person”,

      “name”: “Rahul Shah”

    },

    “acceptedAnswer”: {

      “@type”: “Answer”,

      “text”: “FSIDM offers one of the most practical digital marketing courses in Ahmedabad with live projects, AI tools, and mentorship. Ideal for students and professionals.”,

      “dateCreated”: “2025-07-26T09:00:00+05:30”,

      “upvoteCount”: 45,

      “url”: “https://fsidm.in/digital-marketing-course”,

      “author”: {

        “@type”: “Person”,

        “name”: “Priya Patel”

      }

    },

    “suggestedAnswer”: [{

      “@type”: “Answer”,

      “text”: “Other good options include XYZ Academy and ABC Institute. However, compare the syllabus and trainers before enrolling.”,

      “dateCreated”: “2025-07-26T10:30:00+05:30”,

      “upvoteCount”: 12,

      “author”: {

        “@type”: “Person”,

        “name”: “Ankit Verma”

      }

    }]

  }

}

</script>

📌 Tips for FSIDM #

• You can create QAPage markup for FAQs on your site (like “Which is better—SEO or PPC for small businesses?”).
  
• If you have a blog that answers common student questions, QAPage can be applied.
  
• Google prefers one question per page for QAPage.
  
  • If you have multiple questions on one page, use FAQPage markup instead.