# FAQ section on page

> An FAQ section is a visible block of questions and answers in the content of a page, as opposed to FAQ markup hidden in the code.

- **Check ID:** A11
- **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-section-on-page

## Why it matters

FAQ sections are an ideal source for AI answers because they contain question-answer pairs in natural language. AI models can directly use these pairs as responses to user queries.

## In practice

Shopify has an FAQ section on every product page with real customer questions. These answers regularly appear in Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT because they precisely match common user queries.

## How be1st checks it

Checks for the presence of an FAQ section directly in the page content (not just schema markup). The check looks for headings such as 'FAQ' or 'Frequently asked questions', or FAQPage schema. On the homepage it is not evaluated (N/A); on other pages without an FAQ it gets half the points.

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

Every check ends as: Pass, Warning, Fail.

## Sources

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

## Related terms

- [Definitions / glossary patterns](https://be1st.ai/glossary/ai-readiness/definitions-glossary-patterns): Definition patterns are passages that explain terms in a clear form, such as 'Term: definition' or a glossary, which AI models can quote directly.
- [Knowledge chunkability & content depth](https://be1st.ai/glossary/ai-readiness/knowledge-chunkability): Chunkability is how well a page splits into self-contained blocks, each answering one question under its own heading, which AI search can retrieve one by one.
- [Reference / evidence signals](https://be1st.ai/glossary/ai-readiness/reference-evidence-signals): Evidence signals are the references in a text that back up its claims: links to studies, statistics, named sources and citations.
- [Freshness signals](https://be1st.ai/glossary/ai-readiness/freshness-signals): Freshness signals show when content was published or last updated: a visible date, a `<time>` element or dateModified in structured data.
- [Entity & author completeness](https://be1st.ai/glossary/ai-readiness/entity-author-completeness): Entity and author completeness is how clearly a website says who is behind it: the author, the company, contact details and profiles elsewhere.
- [AI-friendly content formats & feeds](https://be1st.ai/glossary/ai-readiness/ai-friendly-content-formats): AI-friendly formats and feeds are versions of your content made for machines, such as RSS feeds, llms.txt, Markdown pages or a JSON API.