SpecialAnnouncement schema markup was created during the COVID-19 pandemic to enable a dedicated rich result for urgent public announcements — displaying announcement text, dates, and links directly in Google Search. Google retired the SpecialAnnouncement rich result in 2025. Pages with this markup no longer receive rich results. SchemaCheck validates SpecialAnnouncement with a deprecation warning.
Google retired SpecialAnnouncement rich results in 2025. Validation returns a deprecation warning. Your markup will not generate rich results in Google Search.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
name | string | A short summary of the announcement. |
datePosted | ISO 8601 date | The date the announcement was made. |
Missing recommended properties generate warnings. They won't block validation, but rich result-tagged properties are needed for full Google rich result eligibility.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
expires | ISO 8601 date | The date the announcement expires. |
text | string | The full text of the announcement. |
url | URL | A URL with full details about the announcement. |
category | URL | The Wikidata URL for the announcement category. |
Rich result type: Retired — no longer generates rich results (as of 2025)
Requirements: SpecialAnnouncement rich results are retired. Validation passes with a deprecation warning. The structured data is still valid Schema.org.
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "SpecialAnnouncement",
"name": "Office Closed for Holiday",
"datePosted": "2026-03-18",
"expires": "2026-03-22",
"text": "Our offices will be closed from March 20–21 for the holiday. Normal hours resume March 22.",
"url": "https://example.com/announcements/holiday-closure",
"category": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17362920"
}Validate this schema against Google's requirements in one API call:
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-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"jsonld":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"SpecialAnnouncement","name":"Office Closed for Holiday","datePosted":"2026-03-18","expires":"2026-03-22","text":"Our offices will be closed from March 20–21 for the holiday. Normal hours resume March 22.","url":"https://example.com/announcements/holiday-closure","category":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17362920"}}'100 free validations/month. No credit card required.