Implementing Structured Data (VideoObject) for SEO

Structured data tells search engines exactly what your page content is. For video pages, the VideoObject schema type enables rich search results with video thumbnails, duration, and publication dates. Here's how I implemented it for every video page on DailyWatch . What VideoObject Structured Data Looks Like Google expects JSON-LD format in a <script> tag: <script type= "application/ld+json" > { " @context " : " https://schema.org " , " @type " : " VideoObject " , " name " : " Video Title Here " , " description " : " A description of the video content... " , " thumbnailUrl " : " https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VIDEO_ID/mqdefault.jpg " , " uploadDate " : " 2026-02-15T10:30:00Z " , " duration " : " PT4M32S " , " embedUrl " : " https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID " , " interactionStatistic " : { " @type " : " InteractionCounter " , " interactionType " : " https://schema.org/WatchAction " , " userInteractionCount " : 1500000 } } </script> PHP Implementation class VideoStructuredData { public fun