Product Structured Data is the broad practice of describing products in machine-readable form so search engines, shopping surfaces, and other consumers can interpret a catalog accurately, most often using schema.org markup in JSON-LD.
Where the Product schema type defines the specific properties for one item, product structured data describes the wider role this markup plays across a store. Consistent, accurate structured data feeds organic rich results, Google's free product listings, and the data quality that shopping features depend on. It is the connective layer between the HTML a shopper sees and the structured understanding a machine needs.
In practice this means applying markup uniformly across every product template, keeping the marked-up values in sync with on-page price, availability, and ratings, and validating output so issues surface before they suppress rich results. Related types such as Review, AggregateRating, BreadcrumbList, and Offer often accompany the core Product markup to give a fuller picture of each page.
Structured data also overlaps with feed-based channels. The same facts expressed in page markup should match what a store sends through its product feed to Merchant Center, since contradictions between the two can undermine both free listings and rich results. Treat structured data and feed data as two views of one source of truth.
Related: Product Schema, Review Markup, Product Feed, missing structured data
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