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Carousel (ItemList) structured data

A carousel is a list-like rich result that people can swipe through on mobile devices. It
displays multiple cards from the same site (also known as a host carousel). To be eligible for a
host carousel rich result for your site, add ItemList structured data in
combination with one of the following supported structured data features:

Here’s how carousels can look in Google Search when you add ItemList markup in combination
with a supported content type:

An illustration of how a course list can appear in Google Search. It shows 3 different courses from the same website in a list format that users can explore and select a specific course
An illustration of how a movie host carousel can appear in Google Search. It shows 3 different movies from the same website in a carousel format that users can explore and select a specific movie

Add structured data

Structured data is a standardized format for providing information about a page and classifying the page
content. If you’re new to structured data, you can learn more about
how structured data works.

Here’s an overview of how to add structured data to your site.

  1. Decide which page will contain the carousel structured data. There are two options:
    • Summary page and multiple detail pages: The summary page has a short
      description of each item in the list, and each description points to a separate detail page
      that is focused entirely on one item. For example, a summary page that lists the best cookie
      recipes, and each description links out to the full recipe for each cookie.
    • A single, all-in-one-page list: A single page that contains all
      list information, including full text of each item. For example, a list of the top movies in
      2020, all contained on one page.
  2. Add the required properties. Based on the
    format you’re using, learn where to insert
    structured data on the page
    .
  3. Add the required and recommended properties for the specific content type that the carousel is about:
  4. Follow the guidelines.
  5. Validate your code using the
    Rich Results Test.
  6. Deploy a few pages that include your structured data and use the URL Inspection tool to test how Google sees the page. Be sure that your page is
    accessible to Google and not blocked by a robots.txt file, the noindex tag, or
    login requirements. If the page looks okay, you can
    ask Google to
    recrawl your URLs
    .
  7. To keep Google informed of future changes, we recommend that you
    submit a sitemap. You can automate this with the
    Search Console Sitemap API.

Summary page and multiple detail pages

The summary page has a short description of each item in the list. Each
description points to a separate details page that is focused entirely on one
item.

Summary page

The summary page defines an ItemList, where each ListItem has
only three properties: @type (set to ListItem),
position (the position in the list), and url (the URL of a page with
full details about that item).

Here’s an example of what the summary page looks like:

Details page

The details page defines the specific structured data type that the carousel is about. For example,
if the summary page is about the best cookie recipes, each detail page would contain
Recipe structured data for a specific recipe.

Here’s an example of what the detail pages look like:

Peanut butter cookies

Triple Chocolate Chunk Cookies

Snickerdoodles

Single, all-in-one-page list

A single, all-in-one-page list contains all carousel information, including full text of each
item. For example, a list of the top movies in 2020, all contained on one page. This page doesn’t
link out to other detail pages.

Here’s an example of a single, all-in-one-page:

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For your page to be eligible for a carousel rich result, you must follow the
Search Essentials and general structured data guidelines.
In addition, the following guidelines apply to carousel structured data:

  • All items in the list must be of the same type. For example, if a list is about recipes,
    only include Recipe items. Don’t mix different types.
  • Make sure that the carousel structured data is complete and contains all the items that are
    listed on the page.
  • The text visible to the user must be similar to the information contained in the structured
    data on the page.
  • Items shown in list format will be shown in the order specified by the position
    property.

Validate and deploy structured data

  1. Validate your code using the
    Rich Results Test.
    For a summary page, there are some things you need to verify yourself:
    • Check that itemListElement contains two or more ListItem elements.
    • Make sure that all of the ListItem elements are the same type (for example, they are all about recipes).
    • Validate each URL that’s mentioned in the list using the Rich Results Test. Each page in the list
      must contain valid structured data, per the documentation for the supported content
      type that the list is about:
      Recipe,
      Course,
      Restaurant,
      Movie.
  2. Deploy a few pages that include your structured data and use the
    URL Inspection tool to test how Google sees the page. Be sure that your page is
    accessible to Google and not blocked by a robots.txt file, the noindex tag, or
    login requirements. If the page looks okay, you can
    ask Google to recrawl your URLs.
  3. To keep Google informed of future changes, we recommend that you
    submit a sitemap. You can automate this with the
    Search Console Sitemap API.

Structured data type definitions

You must include the required properties for your content to be eligible for display as a rich
result.

ItemList

ItemList is the container item that holds all elements in the list. If used on a
summary page, all URLs in the list must point to different pages on the same domain. If used on
an all-in-one-page list, all URLs must point to an anchor on the page that’s hosting the list
structured data.

The full definition of ItemList is
available at schema.org/ItemList.

The Google-supported properties are the following:

Required properties
itemListElement

ListItem

List of items. To specify a list, define an ItemList that contains at least
two ListItem elements. All items must be of the same type. See
ListItem
for details.

ListItem

ListItem contains details about an individual item in the list.

  • If this is a summary page, include only
    the type, position, and url properties in the ListItem.
  • If this is an all-in-one-page list, include all the additional schema.org
    properties for the data type that it describes. The supported data types are:

The full definition of ListItem is available at
schema.org/ListItem.

Summary pages

The following properties apply to summary pages:

Required properties
position

Integer

The item’s position in the carousel. This is a 1-based number.

url

URL

The canonical URL of the item detail page. All URLs in the list must be unique, but live
on the same domain (the same domain or sub/super domain as the current page).

All-in-one pages

The following properties apply to all-in-one pages:

Required properties
item

Thing

An individual thing in a list. Populate this object with the following values, plus all the
properties of the specific structured data type being described:

  • item.name
  • item.url
  • Any other properties required for this data type, as described in schema.org and the rules
    described in the documents for your content type:

    Example: For a recipe, you would provide prepTime and image
    properties.

item.name

Text

The string name of the item. The item.name is displayed as the title of an
individual item in the carousel. HTML formatting is ignored.

item.url

URL

The fully-qualified URL and page anchor to this item on the page. The URL must be
the current page, and you must include an HTML anchor (<a> tag or
name veya id value) in your page near the user-visible text.
Example: https://example.org/recipes/pies#apple_pie.

position

Integer

The item’s position in the carousel. This is a 1-based number.

Troubleshooting

If you’re having trouble implementing or debugging structured data, here are some resources that
may help you.

  • If you’re using a content management system (CMS) or someone else is taking care of your site,
    ask them to help you. Make sure to forward any Search Console message that details the issue to them.
  • Google does not guarantee that features that consume structured data will show up in search results.
    For a list of common reasons why Google may not show your content in a rich result, see the
    General Structured Data Guidelines.
  • You might have an error in your structured data. Check the
    list of structured data errors
    and the Unparsable structured data report.
  • If you received a structured data manual action against your page, the structured data on
    the page will be ignored (although the page can still appear in Google Search results). To fix
    structured data issues, use the Manual Actions report.
  • Review the guidelines again to identify if your content isn’t compliant
    with the guidelines. The problem can be caused by either spammy content or spammy markup usage.
    However, the issue may not be a syntax issue, and so the Rich Results Test won’t be able to
    identify these issues.
  • Troubleshoot missing rich results / drop in total rich results.
  • Allow time for re-crawling and re-indexing. Remember that it may take several days after
    publishing a page for Google to find and crawl it. For general questions about crawling and indexing, check the
    Google Search crawling and indexing FAQ.
  • Post a question in the Google Search Central forum.
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Carousel markup suits genuinely list-shaped content, recipes, courses, products. We resist applying it to article sets that are only lists by coincidence, since the format then misrepresents the page.

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