Using the Structured Data Tool in Google Webmaster Tools I have an error where Google says we are missing the required author, updated fields etc. for an entry that we do not want to have these fields.
Is there a way to tell Google that this is not an Item/Article?
No, there is no way. Google recognizes that you are using it, and either reports that you are not using the Microformat correctly (in which case it’d be a "Microformat error", if there would be such a thing), or that it doesn’t suffice Google’s guidelines for displaying a Rich Snippet (in which case it would be no error, just a notice).
The Microformat hEntry requires entry-title, updated, and author. The Microformat h-entry has no required properties.
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Is it possible to retrieve an existing classic style, even though they are no longer supported?
I have a URL that used to point at our style, but now I get json that looks like this:
{
message: "Classic styles are no longer supported; see https://blog.mapbox.com/deprecating-studio-classic-styles-d8892ac38cb4 for more information"
}
My company was sidelined by the depreciation of classic styles. It required some emergency hotfixes to get things up and running again, but our maps no longer have our signature look. We had a professional design our classic style, and now we want to convert it to MapBox Studio.
Does our previous style still exist? If it does, how can we retrieve it?
Thank you!
They wrote on a blog entry:
We made the decision to stop active maintenance of the core technology that powers these maps (CartoCSS) back in 2016. However, we continued to support Classic Styles through our Legacy Maps and Legacy Static Images APIs.
Here is the documentation about the Legacy Maps: https://docs.mapbox.com/api/legacy/maps/
In my case, it was faster to change to the new API. The old access token was still working. Here is how to implement it: https://docs.mapbox.com/help/troubleshooting/migrate-legacy-static-tiles-api/
I tried to add Schema.org markup on my site, with the type Article, then adding some properties on it, when checked on Google Structured Data Testing Tool, it said required certain properties, like dataPublished, author etc.
I can add some properties to meet the requirement, but not all of them. Is this requirement real? I mean really required by the rule? Or just Google rule? I came across this page https://developers.google.com/search/docs/data-types/articles It said for non-AMP, those requirements are only optional (ignored or recommended, non of them said required for non-AMP).
This get me confused, anyone knows about this, what's your opinion? Do Google Structured Data Testing Tool already include AMP requirement?
These are required/recommended for getting one of Google’s search features.
If you don’t want that Google search feature, or if you can’t provide all necessary properties, you can keep everything like it is and ignore the errors and warnings.
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we're just completing a new site build. With the current theme, we have had issues with structured data (we've highlighted it on Webmasters tools, and weeks later had to re-highlight it, and even then the highlighting prediction is not where we would like it to be).
It seems like Google is not able to find our Title, author, categories, content, featured image, date very easily. I'd expect to be able to communicate this to Google with 100% accuracy, since its so simple and we use the same format for all our articles). So maybe our theme is missing something by way of tags or something in the code to point to and identify this data?
Is that the case? Could someone please tell me what this aspect is called (so I can research it by its term), explain what I need to do with the new build, point me in the direction of an authoritative explanation/tutorial?
The site in question is a WordPress site, but I also am working on some php sites and would like to use this information on all sites, if it can be applied this way.
Thanks
You can use micro-data to mark-up the structured data. Also Google will really like your site if you show him (with a code) everything about the site - navigation, sidebar (aside), content (article) and so on. I suggest you to read about schema.org and micro-formats.
Here is an usefull article about your problem and how to implement micro-formats to your site.
I installed joomla 2.5, and Geocode Factory 3 with Sobipro,I set any parameters and installed madules and pluggings but i cant see map in search page!
is there any body to help me?
I'm sure you've already read this:
http://www.myjoom.com/documentation/geocode_factory_3/sobipro
Also, I'm sure when you say "search page" you mean in "SobiPro search view", right? That is, this does not work in Joomla's search :).
Finally, you mentioned you installed plugins, so most probably you installed this one, right?
http://www.myjoom.com/products/geocode-factory-3/103-sobipro-map-search
Please note that this is a paid plugin, so you should be able to get support from myJoom on this, which most probably will be way better that "generic support" here.
Also, you have the alternative of using SobiPro's native geomap field and module, which are also capable of displaying search results in a map. These are also subscriber only add-ons, but you'll get access to SobiPro support for them.
I get the following errors from the Google Rich Snippet Tool for my website http://iancrowther.co.uk/
hcard
Warning: This information will not appear as a rich snippet in search results results, because it seems to describe an organization. Google does not currently display organization information in rich snippets
Warning: At least one field must be set for Hcard.
Warning: Missing required field "name (fn)".
Im experimenting with vcard and Schema.org and am wondering if I'm missing something or the validator is playing up. I have added vcard and Schema.org markup to the body which may be causing confusion. Also, I am making the assumption I can use both methods to markup my code.
Update:
I guess with the body tag, I'm just trying to let Google discover the elements which make up the schema object within the page. I'm not sure if this is a good / bad way to approach things? However it lets my markup be free of specific blocks of markup. I guess this is open to discussion but I like the idea of having a natural flow to the content that's decorated in the background. Do you think there is any negative impact? I'm undecided.
I am in favour of the Person structure, this was a good call as this is more representative of the current site content. I am a freelance developer and as such use this page as my Organisation landing page, so I guess I have to make a stronger decision of the sites goals and tailor the content accordingly, ie Organisation or Person.
I understand that there is no immediate rich snippet gains, but im a web guy so have a keen interest in these kind of things.
With schema testing, I find it easiest to start from the most obvious problem, and try to work our way deeper from there. Note, I have zero experience with hcard, but I don't believe the error you mentioned actually has anything to do with your hcard properties.
The most obvious problem I see, is that your body tag has an itemtype of schema.org\Organization. When you set an itemtype on a dom element, you are saying that everything inside of that element is going to help describe that itemtype. Since you've placed this on your body element, you are quite literally telling Google that your entire page is about an organization.
From the content of your page, I would recommend changing that itemtype to schema.org\Person. This would seem to be a more accurate description. Once you make that change and run the scanner again, you may see more errors relating to the schema and we can work through those too (for example, you'll probably need to set familname and givenName).
With all of that said, you should know that currently there are no rich snippets that you will gain from adding this schema data. Properly setting this up on your page, is only good to do, especially since we don't know what rich snippets Google or others will expose in the future, but currently you won't see any additional rich snippets in Google search results from adding these tags. I don't want to discourage you from setting this up properly but I just want to set your expectations.