Google Quietly Killed FAQ Rich Results — But This Is Actually the Beginning of AEO & GEO

On May 7, 2026, Google quietly made one of the biggest SERP changes in recent SEO history: FAQ rich results are officially gone from Google Search. No big keynote. No dramatic announcement. Just a silent documentation update that officially ended one of the most widely used SEO tactics of the last decade. For years, FAQ structured data ( FAQPage ) helped websites earn those expandable dropdowns in Google Search results. Now? The visual rich result is gone. But here’s the important part most peop