Google Console Events Markup

[Karen]

I am receiving an error from Google reporting 368 instances of event markup issues. These errors are preventing Google from indexing our events. We need this fixed ASAP. Please advise.

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• This topic was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by Karen.

[Karen]

Here are some more error messages. Hopefully, this helps toward a quick resolution.

[Karen]

More error messages.

[Mathew]

Karen,

You have a venue called “Webinar”. This venue does not have an address therefore it will generate an error in the Google Search Console when used.

You either have to give it an address or accept that Google will generate an error.

I assume that your Webinars are “virtual” so to speak. So they really don’t have a location. Therefore the errors would not have any negative effect since there isn’t a location to be concerned about in a Google Search.

As for the warnings, they are just that. There are some cases where that particular markup is not applicable to an event. The warnings about Missing Field “Image” can be corrected by adding a featured image to an event. It looks like you have some without images such as this one.

https://www.igvinc.com/event/webinar-convert-leads-automating-marketing-3/

Again, there are some cases you may not want an image in an event. Google only flags it as a warning, not an error.

Hope this helps.

[Karen]

This is the event I am talking about. It has a venue address listed:

https://www.igvinc.com/event/email-social-media-marketing-amplify-your-roi/

[Mathew]

Karen,

That event looks fine. It has an address in the markup.

https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.igvinc.com%2Fevent%2Femail-social-media-marketing-amplify-your-roi%2F

[Karen]

No, it is not working properly.
1. When I search a mobile device, the event is not listed.
2. Google is reporting errors.

Here is the Google Testing Tool:
https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool

Here is the code that is being generated (I pulled it from the source code)
<script type=”application/ld+json”>
[{“@context”:”http://schema.org&#8221;,”@type”:”Event”,”name”:”Email & Social Media Marketing: Amplify Your ROI”,”description”:”

Many small businesses and organizations find themselves seeking the right strategies, tools and tactics to make their marketing efforts as effective as possible. But between Facebook and Twitter, email and mobile, deals, and whatever new social network is rolling out that month\u2014there\u2019s a lot to keep up with. And there are only so many hours […]

\\n”,”url”:”https://www.igvinc.com/event/email-social-media-marketing-amplify-your-roi/&#8221;,”startDate”:”2018-10-17T10:00:00-04:00″,”endDate”:”2018-10-17T12:30:00-04:00″,”location”:{“@type”:”Place”,”name”:”Cuyahoga Falls Library”,”description”:””,”url”:”https://www.igvinc.com/venue/cuyahoga-falls-library/&#8221;,”address”:{“@type”:”PostalAddress”,”streetAddress”:”2015 3rd St,”,”addressLocality”:”Cuyahoga Falls”,”addressRegion”:”OH”,”postalCode”:”44221″,”addressCountry”:”United States”},”telephone”:””,”sameAs”:””},”organizer”:{“@type”:”Person”,”name”:”Karen Leonard”,”description”:””,”url”:”https://www.igvinc.com/organizer/karen-leonard-2/&#8221;,”telephone”:”(330) 425-0922 x 112″,”email”:””,”sameAs”:””},”offers”:{“@type”:”Offer”,”price”:”15″,”url”:”https://www.igvinc.com/event/email-social-media-marketing-amplify-your-roi/&#8221;}}]
</script>

[Karen]

Here is an event that shows up in the search result (only 2 warnings):

https://allevents.in/euclid/teen-media-and-influence-workshop-media-and-stereotypes/1000049322259205

<script type=”application/ld+json”>[{“@context”:”http:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”Event”,”name”:”Teen Media and Influence Workshop: Media and Stereotypes”,”startDate”:”2018\/11\/19T14:30″,”endDate”:”2018\/11\/19T16:00″,”location”:{“@type”:”place”,”name”:”Euclid Public Library”,”address”:”Euclid Public Library, 631 East 222nd Street, Euclid, United States”,”geo”:{“@type”:”GeoCoordinates”,”latitude”:”41.59789000000001″,”longitude”:”-81.52569799999998″}},”description”:”What is the role of media in your life? How much of what you read and listen to influences your attitudes and behaviors? Today we are going to look at images and advertisements that we see in the media and discuss their underlying message and purpose.\u00a0″,”image”:”https:\/\/cdn-az.allevents.in\/banners\/8e305e50-a710-11e8-81c9-1b431fd718bc-rimg-w960-h720-dc7b4e49-gmir.jpg”,”url”:”https:\/\/allevents.in\/euclid\/teen-media-and-influence-workshop-media-and-stereotypes\/1000049322259205″,”offers”:[]}]</script>

[Mathew]

Karen,

1. When I search a mobile device, the event is not listed.

As long as the markup is present, it’s up to Google to crawl the site and then add the results to Search.

I searched on my phone for “innovative global vision October events Amplify Your ROI” your event was found right at the top. So Google is picking it up.

2. Google is reporting errors.

I do not see any errors under the Event section of the Structured Test even when pasting the first Script you posted above. I do see warnings, but no errors.

Can you screen shot the errors for this particular event?

[Courtney]

Hey there @igvinc & @mathewlewis

We’ve seen an uptick in similar reports. Our developers will investigate this further, but in many cases, there is no reason for alarm. The error message you see is from a legacy format. We now also use JSON-LD data, which still passes all the results along for Google’s rich snippets. Deprecating the now outdated microformat method by us removing the code entirely is bad form. Ultimately, it seems to be a false alarm so far.

We are looking into graceful ways to remove the old format, and will update you as we progress. The necessary event markup is still being shared to Google via JSON-LD.

Thanks
Courtney 🙂

[Mathew]

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[Courtney]

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[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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