Not planned Update meta data, schema and rich snippets

[Alpha1]

Google is changing the requirements of meta data and rich snippets.

The two new link attributes joining rel=“nofollow” are:

• rel=“sponsored”: Identifies links on a site that were created as part of advertising, sponsorships or similar agreements.
• rel=“ugc”: Identifies links that appear within user generated content, such as comments and forum posts.

Google Makes Big Change to Nofollow, Introduces 2 New Link Attributes

Google will use rel=nofollow, sponsored, and ugc as hints about which links to consider or exclude for ranking. Here’s what the changes mean for you.

www.searchenginejournal.com

Reviews rich snippets are only allowed for the following types:

• Book
• Course
• Event
• How-to
• Local business
• Movie
• Product
• Recipe
• Software App

Google also supports reviews for the following schema.org types:

• CreativeWorkSeason
• CreativeWorkSeries
• Episode
• Game
• MediaObject
• MusicPlaylist
• MusicRecording
• Organization

Review Snippet (Review, AggregateRating) Structured Data | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers

A review snippet is a short excerpt of a review or rating. Explore this guide to learn about Google review snippets and how to enable rich snippets.

developers.google.com

Which means that the current meta data for reviews is no longer valid.

Please consider to do a review of the current approaches to evaluate which meta data could be updated or improved upon.

 

[delicatebobster]

Yep got this email today

Issues found with your Review Snippet markup

Dear Search Console site owner,

Google systems show that your site is affected by 43 instances of Review Snippet markup issues. This means that your Review Snippet markup might not appear as rich results in Google Search.

Search Console now supports a new rich result report for Review Snippets. This report shows any Review Snippet markup issues that Google found on your site. Click a property in the list below to open the Review Snippet Rich Result report for that property:

 

[Alpha1]

Yes, I got 414 issues so far. All in XFMG, XFRM, and addons that use the same approach. Since it started just a few days ago, I'm sure Google will find 10k+ in time.

 

[Ozzy47]

This is already suggested,

Implemented - nofollow links evolve to ugc

Google has announced expansion of rel="nofollow" link standard to contain more detailed rel="ugc" for User Generated Content. This may also be combined with existing nofollow - to be rel="ugc nofollow". I think this may be a good addition to external links in posts at some point in time...

xenforo.com

 

[Alpha1]

This suggestion indeed includes that earlier suggestion. But the current suggestion is much wider in scope.

 

[Chris D]

The latest version of RM has actually removed review schema metadata because there are no generic categories that make sense which would support it.

As pointed out, the rel=ugc change has been proposed already.

So there’s really nothing for us to action here.

 

[Alpha1]

Will the MG review schema also be updated?

 

[Chris D]

I believe it was at the same time. Or the category we use there is applicable. I’ll check.

 

[Chris D]

The review metadata remains for media gallery because it uses "MediaObject" (and its children) as the type and that is one of the supported ones.

 

[Alpha1]

Is there a difference between XFMG1 and 2? I am running XFMG1 and Google Search Console is displaying errors for all entries. This part is incorrect according to Google:
"@type": "AggregateRating",

 

[Mike]

Just to mention that we debated about removing the rating metadata from the RM, but ultimately we decided not to. The changes Google made are specific to Google and not applicable to the spec or other services that might use the functionality.

Notably, in the case of the RM, Bing still shows aggregate rating information:

 

[Chris D]

Is there a difference between XFMG1 and 2? I am running XFMG1 and Google Search Console is displaying errors for all entries. This part is incorrect according to Google:
"@type": "AggregateRating",

I can't remember to be honest. Very likely different so errors may be expected.