More threads by Scott ClientClicks

Joined
Oct 15, 2015
Messages
84
Solutions
1
Reaction score
22
Last week, I found that a few sites I manage lost their star rankings that formerly appeared in the serps.

For one site, the snippets were appearing on the testimonials page for many years, but are now gone. I recently read an article on seroundtable.com that talks about a recent crackdown in the display of rich snippets. So I'm guessing that the loss is an algo penalty related to the crackdown.

There were no manual penalties reported in GSC. Also the sites I manage don't show any errors when validating in the structured data testing tool.

Have any of the sites you manage lost your stars? If so, do you use a particular review plugin or service?

I found a few service oriented sites that still show their stars in the serps. These sites use the following techniques:
  • JSON markup
  • review stream plugin from grade.us
  • schema.org aggregate markup, but with itemtype incorrectly set to product instead of service

I was hoping we can share what is still working and compliant with Google's policies.
 

regl8r

0
Joined
Apr 2, 2014
Messages
29
Reaction score
2
I just came on here to post that I am seeing no more stars for Yelp for the most part in the serps. I have been waiting for this day for a long time really hope it sticks I hate Yelp!
 

Linda Buquet

Moderator
Local Search Expert
Joined
Jun 28, 2012
Messages
13,313
Reaction score
4,148
Lots more details here:

<a href="https://blog.serps.com/217-ratings-snippet-update-slices-stars-yelp-facebook-imdb-amazon-survive/">2/17 Ratings Snippet Update Slices Stars For Yelp, Facebook. IMDB, Amazon Survive. - SERPs Blog</a>
 

JoyHawkins

Administrator
Local Search Expert
LocalU Faculty
Joined
Aug 23, 2014
Messages
4,900
Solutions
13
Reaction score
2,559
My one client that has always had them lost them on every inner page we had marked up with aggregate rating Schema.

I'm honestly not too surprised because I figured this was too good to last since it's really easy for people to make up fake reviews and then just mark them up to get review stars.

I'm noticing that some of the major brands that used to have them like Allstate Insurance & RotoRooter don't appear to anymore either.
 

Linda Buquet

Moderator
Local Search Expert
Joined
Jun 28, 2012
Messages
13,313
Reaction score
4,148
Barry just reported:

<a href="http://searchengineland.com/google-looking-into-review-stars-dropping-out-of-the-search-results-243162">Google Looking Into Review Stars Dropping Out Of The Search Results</a>
 
Joined
Jan 28, 2016
Messages
8
Reaction score
0
Yeah, the stars on my local SEO ranked page are gone :( I'll have to delete the plugin I guess...
 

whitespark

1
LocalU Faculty
Joined
Aug 9, 2012
Messages
572
Solutions
12
Reaction score
732
I'm seeing a lot of review stars coming back for yelp, facebook, yellowpages, homestars, avvo, etc. Barry's recent post has a postcript saying that he's seeing them return as well. I guess it was a bug, and not intentional. Woo!
 

JoyHawkins

Administrator
Local Search Expert
LocalU Faculty
Joined
Aug 23, 2014
Messages
4,900
Solutions
13
Reaction score
2,559
I'm seeing them back for clients who lost them too. Whoo hoo!
 

Login / Register

Already a member?   LOG IN
Not a member yet?   REGISTER

LocalU Event

  Promoted Posts

New advertising option: A review of your product or service posted by a Sterling Sky employee. This will also be shared on the Sterling Sky & LSF Twitter accounts, our Facebook group, LinkedIn, and both newsletters. More...
Google Product Exert


QRCode

QR Code
Top Bottom