Plugin Author
Jeff K
(@kreitje)
Hey Sam,
Lucky you. 🙂
Thanks for the complement. It is something I am considering adding. I doubt it will be in the next update (released sometime in the next week) but it is at the top of my todo list.
My biggest hangup will be determining how to display the ratings in a neutral fashion.
Maybe something like:
4 of 5 stars
with the microdata markup. However, someone will want to show actual stars images. It might be on them to extract the rating from the default HTML with a filter and replace it with what they want.
Out of curiosity, how are you wanting it to look?
Jeff
Well, I’m thinking of something like these:
http://codecanyon.net/item/testimonials-showcase-wordpress-plugin/6588139
http://authorhreview.com/customer-testimonials/
However, it’s most important to me that the markup is passed to search engines for aggregation into local search results.
Thanks for the quick response.
Plugin Author
Jeff K
(@kreitje)
Hey Sam,
This will be in the next update released sometime in the next week. Right now it will do something like 4 out of 5 but I have added a filter so it can be overridden.
Filter
hms_testimonials_system_rating
I have tested it with the Google markup validator to make sure it showed up properly and it does.
Plugin Author
Jeff K
(@kreitje)
Hey Sam,
I have uploaded the new version that includes this.
Well, outstanding…I’m officially in your fan club. Hey, so help me troubleshoot a bit, if you would. In the validator tool, I’m seeing the schema “review”, but not “rating”. Here’s what I’m seeing:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.leitnerconstruction.com%2Fkitchen-remodel-contractor%2F
Here’s an example google uses:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yelp.com%2Fbiz%2Falma-pan-latin-kitchen-pittsburgh
Am I missing something? I applied a rating to each of the reviews on that site, and the reviews themselves are getting picked up but not the value of the rating.
Thanks for the response…I’ll get a shout out to you up on my blog soon.
Sam
One more thing that might be related:
If you visit the 1sst link above, you’ll note these errors associated with my site. I believe it’s due to multiple reviews being present on the page via the sidebar slider widget…Google needs the aggregate markup. more info: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/146645?hl=en#Aggregate_reviews
Error: No rich snippet will be generated for this data, because it appears to include multiple reviews of an item, but no aggregate review information. More information about aggregate reviews.
Error: This information will not appear as a rich snippet in search results, because it is contained in a hidden HTML element. Except in special circumstances, Google won’t display content that is not visible to the user. You should mark up the text that actually appears to your users when they visit your web pages.
Cheers
Plugin Author
Jeff K
(@kreitje)
Sorry, I forgot to mention, you need to edit the testimonial template and move Rating to the active items.
Testimonials -> Templates -> edit the template you are using.
I will add in aggregate reviews markup. It seems Google gives that priority if there are multiple reviews on a page.
Thanks, got that. I think with the aggregate markup, it gets the job done perfectly for me. I think I will look for a way to show stars instead of 5 out of 5. There’s some information here: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/172705?hl=en if you go that route.
Thanks for your responsiveness!
Sam
Plugin Author
Jeff K
(@kreitje)
Hey Sam,
This will be in the next update. I am working on finishing one other item before I push the update.
