NewsArticle Schema
A subtype of Article for news content. Required to appear in Google News and Top Stories.
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What is NewsArticleAdditional requirementsRequired fieldsExample markupGoogle News requirementsIn brief
NewsArticle is a schema.org type for news articles. Its use is mandatory for sites that want to appear in Google News, the Top Stories carousel, and receive rich snippets with date and author. Besides markup, sites must comply with Google News policies and publish timely content.
What is NewsArticle
NewsArticle is a specialised schema type for news articles. It is critical for appearing in Google News and the Top Stories carousel. Without this markup, Google cannot reliably identify a page as news.
Additional requirements
- Timeliness — fresh news (not older than 2–3 days)
- Quality — journalistic standards: fact‑checking, authorship, sources
- Google News policy compliance — no spam, no conflicts of interest
- Registration — site must be added to Google News Publisher Center
Required fields
- @type — NewsArticle
- headline — title (up to 110 characters)
- datePublished — exact publication date and time
- image — high‑quality image (minimum 1200px width)
- author — Person or Organization
- publisher — Organization with logo
Example markup
JSON
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "NewsArticle",
"headline": "New Google Update: What Changed",
"image": "https://example.com/news-image.jpg",
"datePublished": "2024-01-15T14:30:00+03:00",
"dateModified": "2024-01-15T15:00:00+03:00",
"author": {
"@type": "Person",
"name": "Jane Doe"
},
"publisher": {
"@type": "Organization",
"name": "News Corp",
"logo": {
"@type": "ImageObject",
"url": "https://example.com/logo.png"
}
},
"description": "Details of Google's new algorithm",
"mainEntityOfPage": "https://example.com/news/google-update"
}Google News requirements
- Registration in Google News Publisher Center
- Compliance with Content Policies
- Regular publications (at least several times a week)
- Journalistic standards (date, author, sources)
- Proper NewsArticle markup (or other news subtype)
Regular blogs without publication date markup and without Google News registration cannot qualify for Top Stories, even if the content looks like news.
FAQ
Common questions
Practically no. Google strongly recommends using structured data for news. Without markup, chances are extremely low.
Minimum 1200px width, aspect ratio 16:9 or 4:3. The image must be relevant to the news and contain little to no text.
With good configuration and high authority — from minutes to an hour. For new sites, it may take several hours.
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