Google’s Rich Snippets For Local FAQ Update

Google at some point over the past four months has changed the Rich Snippets for Local FAQ. These changes to their Help Files are not transparent in the least (boo to Google!). Google provides no RSS feeds, no history of changes and no date that a given change was published. For a company that proclaims …

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Google Places: Testimonials as Reviews Now Viewed As Spam?

In early October, 2010, shortly after Google announced support for Rich Snippets in Local, Google Rich Snippet FAQ noted the following: How will Google treat businesses posting testimonials with review mark up on their own site? Will these be treated as a review by the Place Page? Testimonials will be treated as business reviews on …

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