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Review Schema

Entry #126 / 700 · Chapter 3 · 3.3 Structured data and Schema.org · Read in Chinese →
In one sentence

Markup for ratings and reviews, which is what puts stars underneath a result.

Analogy Mental model

The rating from a review site printed straight into the listing, so a passer-by sees the reputation before reading a word.

In practice What you actually do

Review for a single review, AggregateRating for an average across many. Both require the reviews to exist on the page and to come from real customers. Self-authored praise published as review markup is precisely what the policy exists to prevent.

Where people get burned Pitfalls

Fabricated ratings are one of the shortest routes to a manual action. The stars disappear, the site carries the penalty, and recovery takes months of cleaning plus a reconsideration request.

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