Google announced that it is deprecating several image and video sitemap tags and attributes
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Google announced that it is discontinuing the use of several image and video sitemap extensions. Google stated they decided to sunset the use of these sitemap extensions after evaluating the value of the tags. The deprecated tags and attributes will have no effect after August 6, 2022.
Google announced that the documentation for the removed tags and attributes have already been removed.
The image and video sitemaps will continue to be a part of the sitemap specs. The deprecation is limited to specific image and video tags and attributes.
Reason for Deprecation of Image and Video Sitemap Tags and Attributes
Deprecated, in terms of computing and software means that a version is declared to be obsolete and should no longer be used.
According to Google, the value of the information passed through the now deprecated tags and attributes no longer warranted the trouble of using them.
Google didn’t specify why in this announcement other than to say that the value of the tags were evaluated and the decision to deprecate the tags were made based on that evaluation.
The statement noted:
“Over the years, we introduced a number of tags and tag attributes for Google sitemap extensions, specifically the Image and Video...
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