Ajax Voting Rich Snippets Plugin For Joomla 1.5

SEORichSnippets is an SEO plugin for Joomla! that replaces the default Joomla! Voting/Rating system and gives it a double twist. This plugin uses Ajax technology to create an eye grabbing "star rating" system that will process the users rating without having to reload the page. Not only will it improve the aethetics of your rating system it also uses Google Rich Snippet microformats, microdata and RDF support to show your Rich Snippet rating in Google Search engine results page (SERP).

"...In numbers released by Yahoo!, rich snippet-like implementations have increased CTR from SERPs by as much as 15%..."

The more information you can get across in the SERP's the better. The easier it is for users to decide whether the page is relavent to their search query is key to success. Rich Snippets allow webmasters with structured content such as reviews, ratings or business listings to label their content and show it within the search engine results pages (SERP's).

What are Rich Snippets?

Rich Snippets are the additional information that appears beside the <title> and <meta description> in search engine results.  This information can include ratings, prices, images, and much, much more.

For instance, take a look at a few examples of how other websites use Rich Snippets on their websites:

Why do we care?

Rich Snippets improve click-thru rate from a search engine ranking page (SERP).  They make your blue link stick out from the rest, and give the searcher a better idea of what will be on a page. Google engineers working on the project have confirmed that rich snippets increase CTR:

From our experiments, it seemed that giving the user a better idea of what to expect on the page increases the click-through rate on the search results. So if the webmasters do this, it’s really good for them. They get more traffic. It’s good for users because they have a better idea of what to expect on the page. And, overall, it’s good for the web.

- RV Guha, Rich Snippets Engineer at Google

So what are you waiting for?

You can now implement an Ajax based Rich Snippets Voting/Rating plugin straight onto your Joomla! 1.5.x website is less than 5 minutes. Please visit the downloads page to download your plugin or click on the download button below. We have also compiled an installation guide to help you install it, although it couldn't be any easier. If you do seem to have any problems then please get in touch and we will do our best to help you out :)