# Warning message again from Google search console, saying there is no “itemListElement”

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 9, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256 "2020-06-09T01:57:41Z")
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### Author: ![nujabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nujabes/32/135752_2.png) [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256/1 "2020-06-09T01:57:41Z")

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I got a warning message from Google search console, saying there is no “itemListElement” in 1,985 pages. My discourse is 2.5.0.beta5.

I was told here that the discourse update would solve this problem, but it didn’t.  
I would appreciate if someone could tell me how I can solve this problem.

 ![error](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/2/4282f403015e6392e2b570b28d7c5812911b70e6.png)

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### Author: ![neounix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neounix/32/215617_2.png) [@neounix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neounix)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256/2 "2020-06-09T03:06:02Z")

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Dear @nujabes

Sometimes another datapoint helps, so here is another datapoint, for you @nujabes . FYI: We are (still) running `2.5.0.beta4`.

Our Discourse site has seen an (expected) slow increase in indexed pages in GSC since we migrated our forums, around the first week of April 2020:

 ![Screen Shot 2020-06-09 at 9.59.18 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/5/f53da9bd18417894a6b3834c9c272f25114bdf05.jpeg)

The only “errors” we see in GSC

are related to pages we have blocked with `robots.txt` or marked “no-index” (also expected):

 ![Screen Shot 2020-06-09 at 10.02.32 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/b/cbffc6d737221a7b9ac1df3002ece3d0036bbc0f.jpeg)

Hope this datapoint helps in some small way, @nujabes.

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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256/3 "2020-06-09T05:30:10Z")

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We had a regression that caused these errors just over a month ago. That lines up with the graph you’ve shared. Please make sure your site is fully up to date - latest release is 2.5.0.beta6 - then run a validation for the error via the search console. This will cause Google to re-check the pages. Note that the validation will take quite some time (multiple days) to run.

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### Author: ![nujabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nujabes/32/135752_2.png) [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2020, 7:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256/4 "2020-06-09T07:08:15Z")

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Thanks for the information.  
I hope that there will be no errors on my website after the next update.

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### Author: ![nujabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nujabes/32/135752_2.png) [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2020, 7:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256/5 "2020-06-09T07:10:43Z")

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OK, I will ask my developer to update my site.

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### Author: ![nujabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nujabes/32/135752_2.png) [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256/6 "2020-06-12T05:33:58Z")

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My developer updated my discourse to 2.5.0. beta6. After that I ran the validation.  
However, the same problem persists.

What should I do?

 ![breadcrumb](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/b/bbe1ac91a9fe7eec55744455d218f4f93612d255.png)

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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256/7 "2020-06-12T05:36:13Z")

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The validation failed after the update?

Can you share a few of the links Google is showing as having an error, along with the exact error message?

Does your site have any plugins installed, or theme components? If so, please share the list of both too.

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### Author: ![nujabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nujabes/32/135752_2.png) [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2020, 5:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256/8 "2020-06-12T05:49:19Z")

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Yes, the validation failed after the update. I ran it again now just in case though.

Here are some of the URLs that have errors.

> **[KOTOBA](https://kotoba.wiki/t/carbohydrate/10929)**
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> 【可算名詞】 炭水化物 含水炭素 (用例)This diet is free of carbohydrates. 出典 pexels

> **[KOTOBA](https://kotoba.wiki/t/precept/17252)**
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> 【不可算名詞】 教訓 訓示 (用例)A precept that I live by is to “Speak the truth in love.”” 出典 pixabay

> **[KOTOBA](https://kotoba.wiki/t/consent/941)**
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> 【不可算名詞】 同意 承諾 意見と感情の一致 【自動詞】 同意する 承諾する (カタカナ)日本語で「コンセント」は電源用の差込口を指しますが、英単語の「consent」にはそのような意味はありません。 (用例)They all gave their consent that we could herd sheep in the forest. 出典 The Carlisle Kid-geograph

The error message was “no itemListElement” in Japanese.

Please find the screenshot of the plugins.

 ![plugins](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/f/3fb34a32f946bac0c2e142ae198c38a294f7df27.png)

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### Author: ![nujabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nujabes/32/135752_2.png) [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256/9 "2020-06-12T05:54:29Z")

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Google highlights where “itemListElement” should be in a red background for all web pages, which have problems.

 ![highlight](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/3/3306a5e8a1cc0bb25434d53542b5a5ca3e062b90.png)

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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256/10 "2020-06-13T00:45:55Z")

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Do you see any errors for newer/recent topics? I’m suspicious that a rebake of old posts might be needed.

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### Author: ![nujabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nujabes/32/135752_2.png) [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256/12 "2020-06-13T01:48:43Z")

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What do you mean? Do you mean my discourse? If so,there are about 2000 errors.  
Or do you mean this post? If so, I had to do that since my old post was closed.

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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256/13 "2020-06-13T16:59:22Z")

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I’m referring to the topics. The 3 you linked to above are from 2016 and 2018. Are any of the topics that show an error in the Google Search Console newer? Ideally created in the last few months?

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### Author: ![nujabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nujabes/32/135752_2.png) [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256/14 "2020-06-14T03:39:21Z")

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OK, thanks.

Here are three URLs created this year.

> **[KOTOBA](https://kotoba.wiki/t/sesquicentennial/19489)**
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> 【形容詞】 150周年記念の 【可算名詞】 150周年記念祭 (用例)In 2015, the city celebrated its sesquicentennial. 出典 pixabay

> **[KOTOBA](https://kotoba.wiki/t/sesquipedalian/19513)**
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> 【形容詞】 長くて重々しい 【可算名詞】 非常に長い単語 (用例)Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is considered to be an example of a sesquipedalian word. 出典 pixabay

> **[KOTOBA](https://kotoba.wiki/t/sesquipedalianism/19514)**
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> 【不可算名詞】 長い言葉の使い過ぎ (用例)Sesquipedalianism is a linguistic style that involves the use of long words. 出典 pixabay

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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256/15 "2020-06-14T21:39:16Z")

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So those topics are all before our recent fixes/changes to how we handle [schema.org](http://schema.org) structured data. When a topics/post is created, we “cook” it, in essence processing the markdown, HTML, and other content of the “raw” post, and turning it into the formatted post you see on the site. As these posts were cooked prior to our fixes, it may be necessary to rebake them.

Please try the following:

1. Have your developer connect to the server where Discourse is running.
2. Enter the Discourse Docker container:

```plaintext
cd /var/discourse
sudo ./launcher enter app

```

3. Run a rebake of all posts:

```plaintext
rake posts:rebake

```

Note that the rebake will take some time to complete, and can be CPU intensive, especially if your site is large. I’d recommend running it at a time when your site isn’t too active.

Once the rebake is complete, try re-running the validation in the Google search console.

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### Author: ![nujabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nujabes/32/135752_2.png) [@nujabes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nujabes)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/warning-message-again-from-google-search-console-saying-there-is-no-itemlistelement/154256/16 "2020-06-15T02:50:43Z")

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OK, thanks! I will tell this to our developer and share the result here after the validation is completed.
