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AggregateRating/Review schema missing itemReviewed property

This check looks for the itemReviewed property, which points a rating block to the specific thing it's rating (an organisation, product, or local business), on every AggregateRating or Review schema block on the site. AggregateRating or Review schema was detected here, but at least one rating block is missing itemReviewed. Schema.org version 26.0 made itemReviewed a required property, and Google now revokes eligibility for the star-rating rich snippet, the visible stars next to your listing in search results, from any block that omits it. That's a visible search feature quietly lost for the sake of a one-line fix. Your developer should add itemReviewed to every AggregateRating block on the site, pointing it to the entity actually being reviewed, whether that's your Organization, a Product, or a LocalBusiness. Budget about 30 minutes, then re-check the page in Google's Rich Results Test to confirm the star rating shows again.

Why this matters

Schema.org version 26.0 made itemReviewed a required property, and Google now revokes eligibility for the star-rating rich snippet, the visible stars next to your listing in search results, from any block that omits it. That's a visible search feature quietly lost for the sake of a one-line fix.

How to fix it

Your developer should add itemReviewed to every AggregateRating block on the site, pointing it to the entity actually being reviewed, whether that's your Organization, a Product, or a LocalBusiness. Budget about 30 minutes, then re-check the page in Google's Rich Results Test to confirm the star rating shows again.