We use Soledad / Penci review and when we review products, Google wrongly assumes that there are multiple reviews and uses "aggregateRating" instead of "review," which makes our reviews look odd in the search results. And when checking the google tool for rich results it seems like the review schema is found multiple times on each review?
The wrongly hardcoded image is fixed. That is good. But regarding the other problems.
1. It is no problem at all to use other scale than 1-5. Here is what google say about rating ( from https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/review-snippet ) : reviewRating.ratingValue: "A numerical quality rating for the item, either a number, fraction, or percentage (for example, 4, 60%, or 6 / 10). Google understands the scale for fractions and percentages, since the scale is implied in the fraction itself or the percentage. The default scale for numbers is a 5-point scale, where 1 is the lowest value and 5 is the highest value. If another scale is intended, use bestRating and worstRating."
2. I dont understand why AggregateRating is used for average rating? This is not needed. There are no user reviews, there is only one review with one rating from the author, but since AggregateRating is used it looks in search results like there are multiple reviews from users instead of one from the author.
We use Soledad / Penci review and when we review products, Google wrongly assumes that there are multiple reviews and uses "aggregateRating" instead of "review," which makes our reviews look odd in the search results. And when checking the google tool for rich results it seems like the review schema is found multiple times on each review?
For example:
https://search.google.com/test/rich-results/result?id=TSitByVnwwqg1-r93VpKEQ
Additionally, we use a 1-10 scoring system, but in the search results, this is converted to a 1-5 scale.
How can we fix these problems?
Hi,
Have you update the Penci Review to the latest version?
Regards,
PenciDesign.
There is no notification for any updates and we are using Version 3.2.1
Hi,
Please delete this plugin and then re-install it by going to Appearance → Install Plugins.
The latest version is 3.3
Regards,
PenciDesign.
I upgraded to 3.3. Same problem.
Hi,
Have you cleared all the site caches and rechecked it on the Google Rich Snippet site?
We've addressed all the schema issues in the latest version.
Regards,
PenciDesign.
cache cleared. Same problem.
Disabled caching plugins. Same problems.
I tried different reviews too. All have some problem.
Hi,
I've checked your site on the Google Rich Snippet, all the reviews is valid:
Here is a link: https://search.google.com/test/rich-results/result/r%2Freview-snippet?id=RedeYsBH2_iotDaUJ2netQ
Regards,
PenciDesign.
They are "valid" but still very wrong. Read my first msg
They use aggregateRating which we dont use, so it messes up the search result.
They have wrong image? ( www.example.com / seafood-restaurant.jpg which seems like hardcoded in schema-markup.php ? )
They show rating 1-5 instead of 1-10?
Hi,
For this case, please send me your WordPress admin account in a PRIVATE reply.
I'll log in and try to help you check this problem.
Regards,
PenciDesign.
Hi,
I've re-updated the Penci Review for your site:
1. Google requires a maximum point for each review is 5,
2. Each schema data includes 3 sub schema about product, average rating, and author.
Regards,
PenciDesign.
Hi again,
The wrongly hardcoded image is fixed. That is good. But regarding the other problems.
1. It is no problem at all to use other scale than 1-5. Here is what google say about rating ( from https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/review-snippet ) : reviewRating.ratingValue: "A numerical quality rating for the item, either a number, fraction, or percentage (for example, 4, 60%, or 6 / 10). Google understands the scale for fractions and percentages, since the scale is implied in the fraction itself or the percentage. The default scale for numbers is a 5-point scale, where 1 is the lowest value and 5 is the highest value. If another scale is intended, use bestRating and worstRating."
2. I dont understand why AggregateRating is used for average rating? This is not needed. There are no user reviews, there is only one review with one rating from the author, but since AggregateRating is used it looks in search results like there are multiple reviews from users instead of one from the author.
Hi,
If you want to remove the AggregateRating, I'll help you by modifying the plugin file to remove it.
Regards,
PenciDesign.
Here is some google results to show how wrong it looks on our site (4 reviews !?) and from another site where the markup is correct.
Attached files: Skärmavbild 2024-05-07 kl. 13.59.00.png
Skärmavbild 2024-05-07 kl. 13.59.25.png
yes, I want it removed, since it have no purpose for us
Hi,
I've updated your site.
Please clear all the browser caches and check again.
Regards,
PenciDesign.
I cleared all cache and did run the google tool again. Still same error?
Attached files: Skärmavbild 2024-05-08 kl. 08.32.42.png
Hi,
I've re-updated plugin file for your site.
Please clear all the browser caches and check again.
Regards,
PenciDesign.
Great, now it works as it should.
How do I change so I can use another scale than 1-5 as suggested in https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/review-snippet ?
Hi,
1. The current version of Penci Review has already modified the maximum review score to 5.
2. You CAN'T adjust the ratingValue to be larger than 5 because Google will flag it as an error.
Regards,
PenciDesign.