Google announced it will stop reporting on six deprecated structured data types in Search Console, removing them from the Rich Results Test and Search appearance filters starting September 9. These types are Course Info, Claim Review, Estimated Salary, Learning Video, Special Announcement, and Vehicle Listing. Although Search Console will drop support for these types, the Search Console API will continue to support them through December 2025.
Impact on Data Reporting and Queries
By October 1, 2025, deprecated search appearance fields will be reported as NULL in bulk data exports. Users with queries that filter based on these fields need to update them to handle NULL values properly.
Query Update Recommendations
Instead of filtering with conditions that assume deprecated fields are simply false (e.g., NOT is_learning_videos), Google recommends using the IS operator to future-proof queries. For example:
SELECT data_date, SUM(clicks) FROM `myproject.searchconsole.searchdata_url_impressions`
WHERE data_date > DATE('2025-09-01') AND is_learning_videos IS NOT TRUE
GROUP BY 1;
This approach ensures queries work correctly whether the field is false or NULL after the deprecation.
