{"id":1597,"date":"2012-12-23T16:58:33","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T16:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.consultancymarketing.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1597"},"modified":"2012-12-23T16:59:00","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T16:59:00","slug":"rich-snippets-for-idiots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.consultancymarketing.co.uk\/blog\/rich-snippets-for-idiots\/","title":{"rendered":"Rich snippets for idiots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1707\" style=\"width: 173px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1707\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1707\" alt=\"dummy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.consultancymarketing.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/MC900188509.gif\" width=\"163\" height=\"192\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">dummy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rich snippets have been around for a while now &#8211; a technological improvement from the search engines that has left most of us wondering &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; what is it?<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Tobert explains in an as-easy-to-understand-way-as-possible what it all means. He points out that search engines are not as clever as humans, and that the meaning of certain words may not be clear to a search engine because it is unclear as to the context. He uses the example of the &#8220;Taj Mahal&#8221; which might be the wondrous building to the south of Delhi, India &#8211; <strong>or<\/strong> the name of your local Indian restaurant. The search engine will not know. But, with rich snippets, this can be made very clear to a search engine.<\/p>\n<p>Let Andrew tell you here <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordtracker.com\/academy\/rich-snippets?utm_source=Subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=853ab44c16-Newsletter_163&amp;utm_medium=email\">Rich snippets for idiots.<\/a> He has done a great job in explaining it all for idiots. 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