# FAQ schema

> FAQ schema is Schema.org structured data (FAQPage) that marks up the questions and answers on a page in a machine-readable form.

- **Check ID:** A3
- **Area:** [AI Readiness](https://be1st.ai/glossary/ai-readiness)
- **Tool:** [AI Readiness](https://be1st.ai/tools/ai-readiness)
- **Page:** https://be1st.ai/glossary/ai-readiness/faq-schema

## Why it matters

FAQ schema is a direct source for AI answers. When ChatGPT or Google AI Overviews look for an answer to a question, content marked with FAQPage schema is easy for them to use because it's already in a question-answer format.

## In practice

Google stopped showing FAQ rich results in Search in May 2026, but FAQPage schema remains a machine-readable record of questions and answers. A site that marks up its FAQ section with FAQPage schema gives AI systems question-answer pairs in an unambiguous structure.

## How be1st checks it

Verifies the presence of FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) schema markup on pages with frequently asked questions. On the homepage the check is not evaluated (N/A); on other pages without FAQPage schema it fails.

[AI Readiness](https://be1st.ai/tools/ai-readiness), Access tab.

Every check ends as: Pass, Warning, Fail.

## Sources

- [FAQPage](https://schema.org/FAQPage) (Schema.org)

## Related terms

- [Review / rating schema](https://be1st.ai/glossary/ai-readiness/review-rating-schema): Review and AggregateRating schema are Schema.org structured data that describe the reviews and the average rating of a product or service.
- [AI bot policy](https://be1st.ai/glossary/ai-readiness/ai-bot-policy): An AI bot policy is the set of robots.txt rules for AI crawlers such as GPTBot, ClaudeBot or Google-Extended that allow or block them on a website.
- [llms.txt existence](https://be1st.ai/glossary/ai-readiness/llms-txt-existence): llms.txt is a Markdown file at the root of a website that gives AI models a short overview of the site and links to its most important pages.
- [llms.txt content quality](https://be1st.ai/glossary/ai-readiness/llms-txt-content-quality): llms.txt content quality is how useful that file is to an AI model: a clear description of the site, working links to its sections and enough detail.
- [llms-full.txt](https://be1st.ai/glossary/ai-readiness/llms-full-txt): llms-full.txt is an extended version of llms.txt that holds the full text of a website's key documentation in one Markdown file.
- [BLUF (bottom line up front)](https://be1st.ai/glossary/ai-readiness/bluf-bottom-line-up-front): BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) is a writing principle: put the answer or the key point first and add the details after it.