Newspaper already has a schema implementation, and it already has owner/author ratings for products, so we’d like an update allowing 1-5 star user/visitor ratings for blog posts.
We DON’T want review comments, because they clutter up the page. Just stars rating, and then the aggregate rating added to Schema markup. The sole goal here is star ratings for blog posts in Google, which the boss asked for.
Should clarify: we are looking for an update to Newspaper, not a plugin. We’ve tried 5 schema stars rating plugins, they all either conflict with the theme or require destroying the existing schema framework to implement (and they’re ALL missing critical elements).
Hello,
If the SEO is done properly (use seo yoast) you do not need any extra markup in the theme or spend extra money for it. The theme will allow you to get review stars in google. Here is an example from our demo: http://demo.tagdiv.com/newspaper/td-post-why-tech-accelerators-may-soon-be-as-irrelevant-as-an-mba/ If I search for this review post: http://screencast.com/t/SR0QXUe4KE6
We did not use any extra markup than the one already present in the theme.
Than you!
Hello Bogdan,
Would you terribly mind to describe or share the link where someone could learn to do this (properly seo yoast for markup)?
Hello,
The plugin author has many tutorials available on their site: https://yoast.com/wordpress-seo/
Thank you!
Just FYI.. the reviews are not showing up. https://snag.gy/IMb82d.jpg
Hello,
The theme does not control the information displayed by Google in SERP, it depends on Google if stars rating is displayed or not.
When you make major changes in site’s HTML structure, like switching from one theme to another, Google crawler needs some time until will understand the new structure and some information may not be displayed for a while. Try to regenerate your sitemap and submit it to Google, it may help: https://kb.yoast.com/kb/enable-xml-sitemaps-in-the-wordpress-seo-plugin/
Thank you!
