Embedded short-form video (Reels/Shorts/TikTok) without VideoObject JSON-LD
VideoObject is a structured data type that describes a video's details, such as thumbnail, upload date, duration and creator, to search engines. Short-form platforms like Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and TikTok don't provide this data themselves when embedded, so the page embedding them has to add it manually. This site was found to have an embedded short-form video without that VideoObject markup.
Why this matters
Without VideoObject markup, an embedded Reel, Short or TikTok clip gives Google Video Search and other automated tools no structured data about the video, which may make it harder for them to identify what it is about. The video is still visible to human visitors.
How to fix it
Your developer should add a VideoObject JSON-LD block for each embed, including name, description, thumbnailUrl, uploadDate and embedUrl, plus duration in the PT30S-style format this schema uses. This takes roughly 30 minutes to two hours per page depending on how many embeds are on it, and it makes each clip citable by Google Video Search and AI summarisers.
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