** EDIT Feb 2016 - Finally JSON-LD seems to be working now in SERPS, with extremely fast changes-to-index time, assuming you have everything with Google merchant center feeds syncd and linked. Make sure the price, stock, and identifier are the same on your JSON-LD as it is on the Google shopping feed. New organization->localbusiness types are live, organization reviews are live... however JSON-LD feed alt=
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To proceed to a deeper exploration of JSON-LD support, see these:
- Distinguishing Between Organization and Product Reviews (with Schema.org in JSON-LD)
- Why don't search engines support JSON-LD + Schema.org as seperated endpoints via rel=“alternate” or script src?
- Google Webmaster Tools Not Reporting a Logo from JSON-LD Schema.org [Organization] Markup
- How to include your site name in search results
Original Post Below:
Google seems to be flip flopping JSON-LD -> Schema.org product [or other types of] snippets. The snippets verify without error in both the testing tool and long term (10+ months) across 5 properties in GWT search console. The snippets have been applied to index, removed, applied, and removed again, seemingly not being applied again in regards to various facets. Since they worked in the past via microdata, and were applied long term, I assume it's due to the switch to JSON-LD.
I have not found any official docs nor examples that say "Google will support and render products snippets that use JSON-LD". Same thing with breadcrumb snippets and review looping. All I see is a handful of Google examples for events, movies, recipes, very basic [incomplete] organization etc. This seems strange to me considering the sheer amount of ecom pages using product snippets trumps the amount of movies, recipes, and events combined.
So the question is, does Google officially support, index, and render product markup using JSON-LD? If so, can anyone point me to a live example to verify this?
** This question is not intended to be "opinion/recommendation based"....im looking for a specific link and subsequent SERP result [evidence] showing that JSON-LD products/etc are indeed rendered within Google.com realm as of late August 2015.
** EDIT Nov 16 2015 - Another annoying caveat has been found. Google merchant center validates certain shopping feed fields such as condition, stock, and price against live microdata. However, it seems to not recognize JSON-LD.... although, as stated above, it's recommended to use in all the G examples, and it validates the snippet test. So due to this, your merchant center account could be suspended because of "differences in presentation data"