Google Updates Their Structured Data Docs to Emphasis the Need for Proper Nesting and Use of @Id

Google has updated its Structured Data documentation page to state that if there are items that are more helpful when they are linked together (for example, a recipe and a video), use @id in both the recipe and the video items to specify that the video is about the recipe on the page. If you didn’t link the items together, Google Search may not know that it can show the video as a Recipe rich result.

I know Structred Data enthusiasts like Dave Ojeda, Aaron Bradley would be very happy to see Google taking this stance.

Dave was kind enough to have a chat with me earlier today to share his thoughts and answers some of my questions on the subject. He pointed me towards an excellent tool called Schema Path that can be used to figure out how to properly nest the various types of structured data you add to the page. Here are some more structured data tools that you might like.