I was helping a customer who discovered their product reviews app was grouping reviews on the collections (against Google’s policy), and he got me thinking… …which is never a good thing on a Monday… For years Google’s been fighting websites that abuse review structured data. Google wants to help customers find the better pages but …
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Act 2: in which Google invalidates even more product review app data in Shopify stores
The changes to reviews from Google just keep coming. After September’s big structured data algorithm update that caused some product review apps to be non-compliant with the structured data guidelines, Google made a minor update that has impacted many of the others. This screenshot is from one of the popular product reviews apps from the …
Do you review your reviews for review purposes?
Product reviews are a solid strategy to boost social proof and trust. But how often do you review your reviews? I’m not talking about a moderation strategy or responding to negative reviews. I’m talking about, how often do you look at your reviews as a way to better understand your current customers, with an eye …
Google penalties from using fake reviews in your Shopify store
Recently a new store emailed me about how fake reviews work in Google. Just to make sure, the star will appear even if it not real reviews ? I mean I can put fake reviews on my website as I launched it few weeks ago so I do not have much review. Neither your reviews …
JSON-LD for SEO now integrates with Ali Reviews
Today the first integration of 2019 for JSON-LD for SEO has been added. Ali Reviews joins the growing list of Magical Review Integrations that I’ve been able to add for all JSON-LD for SEO customers. If you use or were considering using Ali Reviews, now you can use this integration to get your review data …
The risks of adding review stars to your Shopify store homepage
A subscriber was asking about how to get review stars on the homepage for a Shopify store. Google guidelines around reviews are extremely strict and they take them very seriously. Many websites have abused them in the past and starting in 2018 Google started to crack down on them hard. For Shopify stores it’s near …
Google’s product review rules you have to follow for Rich Results
Even though I don’t run a product reviews app, I get a lot of questions about reviews. That’s because getting your product reviews into Google’s Rich Results is such a powerful search enhancement for your store. One question I’m asked frequently is about combining product reviews, especially on a collection page. One warning, what you …
JSON-LD for SEO Magical Review Integrations
JSON-LD for SEO tries to integrate with as many product review apps as possible. That way your review data can be added to the Google Search results. Many of the review apps use the correct Shopify APIs so the integrations are easy. But not all of them. Some apps even charge you extra in order …
What would your grandmother say about your Shopify SEO?
The other day while reviewing a new customer’s store I noticed they were using a new Shopify app for their reviews. Usually when that happens I’ll take a deeper look at the app to see if it would make sense to add an integration with JSON-LD for SEO. Turns out the reviews app wasn’t built …
JSON-LD for SEO now integrates with EggViews reviews.
Today JSON-LD for SEO integrates with its 17th product review app: EggViews. If you use EggViews and JSON-LD for SEO together, EggViews reviews will be added to your product structured data. That will help Google find your reviews and potentially award your products with the full Rich Snippets showing the prices, availability, and orange review …