# Discussion Forum Schema improvements

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discussion-forum-schema-improvements/287347
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 3, 2023, 8:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discussion-forum-schema-improvements/287347 "2023-12-03T20:07:59Z")
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### Author: ![rrit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@rrit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rrit)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discussion-forum-schema-improvements/287347/8 "2023-12-17T23:10:04Z")

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> [@dfabulich](#):
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> So, yes, “url” is optional,

The `itemprop="url"` helps google to combine multiple `Comment` blocks on different URLs belonging to the same topic.

> [@Google structured data for forums and profile pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-structured-data-for-forums-and-profile-pages/286762/9):
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> **Important:** the itemprop `url` must point to the first page of the topic in crawler view:
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> - e.g. `https://example.org/t/topic-title/1234`
> - not `https://example.org/t/topic-title/1234?page=2`
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> See [DiscussionForumPosting → Recommended properties → url](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/discussion-forum?hl=en#dfp)
> 
> > **url:** The canonical URL of the discussion. In multi-page threads, set this property to th first page URL. For a single discussion, this is usually the current URL.

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