Structured Data Testing - Alternative Tool

[rubyjames]

Hi,

As Google recently announced that "Structured Data Testing Tool will be deprecated at some point". I would like to know if there is any other alternative tool apart from Google's Rich Results Test Tool.

Thanks,
Ruby

[RuskinF]

The best free alternative to the Structured Data testing tool is Yandex Structured tool.

Yandex structured data validator is another free structured data testing tool. Similar to Google's Structured Data Testing Tool, you can check the markup of your site. The tool will check whether the search engine crawlers will be able to extract the information mentioned in the structured data or not.

[mariajonas]

Google’s decision to deprecate the testing tool in favor of the Rich Results Testing Tool isn’t sad because of nostalgia, but because this feels like a downgrade masked as an improvement.

We often forget Google is a normal(ish) company with budgets and development struggles just like our own businesses. Tools will naturally be deprecated over time to make way for newer features. It’s just a shame when those newer features feel like a downgrade.

Likely we will see the rise in popularity in third party tools that help us view Structured Data mark-up but seeing as the Google Search team encourage feedback highly, maybe these improvements will be added quickly before SDTT is laid to rest for good.

[Yuga]

1. Sitebulb's Standalone Structured Data Checker.
2. Classy Schema Visualiser.
3. Ryte's Structured Data Helper.
4. Structured Data Linter.
5. Schema. dev Testing Environment.
6. Bing Webmaster Tools URL Inspection.