<b>QAPage survived the FAQ purge — and it's the markup forums forgot</b>

<b>QAPage survived the FAQ purge — and it's the markup forums forgot</b>

When Google gutted <code>FAQPage</code> rich results, it left <code>QAPage</code> alone — the type built for single-question pages where users post answers (forums, Q&A communities, support threads). It still earns rich results with upvote counts and accepted-answer badges via <code>acceptedAnswer</code> and <code>suggestedAnswer</code>.

The distinction that trips people — FAQPage is author-written Q&A; QAPage is user-generated single-question threads. Mislabel a forum thread as FAQPage and you get nothing; label it QAPage and you can still earn vote-count snippets.

What it means for you — if you run community, support, or UGC Q&A, you have a live rich-result type while everyone else mourns FAQs. Mark <code>upvoteCount</code> and the accepted answer.

Watch this: UGC Q&A is one of the last expanding rich-result surfaces in Google.