Glossary Terms
Video schema
VideoObject structured data that enables rich video results (thumbnails and duration) directly in search listings.
Video schema is structured data that describes a video to search engines, declaring its name, description, thumbnail, upload date, and length (its formal name in the Schema.org vocabulary is VideoObject). Added as JSON-LD on the page holding the video, it lets Google show an enhanced result with a thumbnail and duration right in search, which improves visibility and clicks over a plain text link. Google requires name, description, thumbnailUrl, and uploadDate, and recommends extras like duration and contentUrl. You can also mark up timestamped segments so Google can offer jump-to links straight in the search result.
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