Recent content by Ewan Kennedy

Hi Rich, reading this again, it doesn't look to me like Google's review snippet guidelines are for critic reviews only. There is a link at the top of the page to another page about critic reviews. This page covers local business reviews (unless I'm missing something). Mike Blumenthal appears to...

See under Guidelines ... "Sites must collect ratings information directly from users and not from other sites."

Joy, I just thought I'd clarify that it is against Google's guidelines to mark up any review which is taken from another site i.e. not generated directly on the website of the business in question. The guidelines also state that manual action may be taken against businesses who don't adhere to...

Thanks, Joy.

Thanks Rich. I'll give it a whirl. There is another case where an SEO agency is using markup on their website for their Google reviews which is against Google's guidelines. Do you think the same form should be used for that issue?

I just saw a local SEO consultant, on Google Maps, who has used schema to create a fake review summary on his website which reports 128 reviews, with five-star average review rating. I can't find a single review anywhere online, including on his own website). I think he only set up business a...

Indeed, Ben! That's why I visited it - most likely place to find a solution.

I just discovered this happened to my own business's GMB listing and I have not received any notification from Google. Astonishing. It caused my business to disappear. I had an opening date from 2007 in place previous to the malicious edit. Fortunately, my business re-appeared seconds after...

I just discovered this happened to my own business's GMB listing and I have not received any notification from Google. Astonishing. It caused my business to disappear. I had an opening date from 2007 in place previous to the malicious edit. Fortunately, my business re-appeared seconds after...

I have a physiotherapist client whose competitors are nearly all under the Physiotherapist category which seems to have been replaced by Physical Therapist and Physical Therapy Clinic. I think that happened this year.