Always-on monitoring of your VideoObject schema. Required for Google's video rich result, the SERP video carousel, and the AI-engine video citations Gemini and Perplexity increasingly surface in video-intent answers. Sentry catches malformed dates, missing thumbnails, and non-ISO duration formats. Cortex handles the fix.
Continuous audits of your VideoObject schema against the 9 things that decide video rich-result eligibility, video carousel inclusion, and AI-engine video citation. Each rule maps to Google's Video structured-data spec. Sentry catches what fails. Cortex fixes it.
A VideoObject entity is present. Without it the page is ineligible for the video rich result, SERP video carousel, and AI-engine video citations.
The VideoObject `name` is set - this is the video title displayed in SERP and AI engine answers.
The `description` property is present with ≥20 characters. Used as the video snippet in SERP and AI engine answer summaries.
The `thumbnailUrl` (or `thumbnail.url`) is a valid HTTP URL pointing to the video preview image. Required for the SERP video carousel thumbnail.
The `uploadDate` is a valid ISO 8601 date (e.g., `2026-04-22T14:00:00Z`). Non-ISO dates are silently ignored by Google.
Either `contentUrl` (direct video file) or `embedUrl` (embed player) is set to an absolute HTTP URL. At least one is required for Google to surface the video.
The `duration` property follows ISO 8601 duration format (e.g., `PT12M48S` for 12 minutes 48 seconds). Drives the duration overlay on the SERP video thumbnail.
Either `publisher` (Organization with name) or `uploadedBy` (Person or Organization with name) is set. Authority/E-E-A-T signal for video citations.
The `mainEntityOfPage` property's URL or @id matches the page's canonical URL. Strong canonicalization signal when the same video is embedded across multiple pages.
Paste any URL with embedded video content. Sentry fetches the page, parses the JSON-LD, finds the VideoObject entity, validates ISO 8601 dates and durations, and ships a per-rule report. No signup, instant results, always free.
Sentry fetches your page, parses the videoobject schema markup, runs every rule, and renders the full result page before your next sip of coffee.
Each failed rule ships with a prescription paragraph. Hand it to engineering and the gap is closed before lunch.
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9 rules in the VIDEOOBJECT SCHEMA Sentry. Daily 3:30 AM ET sweep.
One brain. Thirty-six pairs of eyes. Sentries monitor every visibility signal that decides whether search engines, AI engines, and ad platforms show you. Cortex reads what they see, weighs it against a unified corpus of platform documentation, and acts. Every move follows a defined decision protocol: action stated, reason given, impact named.