FAQ schema: when to use and when to avoid
FAQ blocks help both users and machines, but only when they are stable and not duplicative.
Use FAQ where questions are predictable and answers are unlikely to change daily.
Use FAQ schema for
Avoid FAQ schema for
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FAQ
Do FAQs help indexing?
They can, but only if the page already has meaningful content and the Q/A is not duplicated across many pages.
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