---
title: "Reviews and rating · Specoria"
description: "Agents filter the shortlist by rating threshold and review count (e.g. 4+ out of 5 with enough reviews); a product without a visible rating falls behind."
source_url: "https://specoria.com/method/checks/reviews/"
lang: "en"
---

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# Reviews and rating

Why it matters Agents filter the shortlist by rating threshold and review count (e.g. 4+ out of 5 with enough reviews); a product without a visible rating falls behind.

**Category**
Product data

**Weight**
3 of 100 points

**Critical blocker**
No. If it fails, it only costs its own weight.

**Applies to**
Online stores

**Effort**
2-4 hours · developer (your reviews app’s schema output)

**Score model**
v2.4

## How we measure it

We look for a rating (AggregateRating) in the product’s structured data. A rating above zero with a review or rating count above zero passes; only individual reviews (Review), or a missing or zero count, is a partial pass; nothing fails.

### What the result page says

These are the sentences in the test result; “…” is replaced by what we found on your site.

- Passed The product data includes a rating and a review count (AggregateRating).
- Partial Rating is present but the review count is missing or zero; agents filter by “at least N reviews”.
- Failed The product data has no rating or reviews.

## How to fix it

**Target:** The stars and review count on the page are marked up as AggregateRating too.

### Example code

`"aggregateRating": {
"@type": "AggregateRating",
"ratingValue": "4.6",
"reviewCount": "128"
}`
Example values (example.com, product name, price) are placeholders; replace them with your own.

### How to verify it yourself

The Rich Results Test should show the rating under “Product snippets”.

### Fix it with an AI coding agent

Paste this into Claude Code, Cursor or another coding agent working on your store’s code. Review the change before you deploy it.

`You are working on my online store. Specoria’s agent readiness test checks the item below. Fix it so AI shopping agents can read the store and act on it.

## 1. Reviews and rating (reviews)
Target: The stars and review count on the page are marked up as AggregateRating too.
Example fix (adapt it to this codebase and platform; example values are placeholders):
```
"aggregateRating": {
"@type": "AggregateRating",
"ratingValue": "4.6",
"reviewCount": "128"
}
```
Reference: https://specoria.com/method/checks/reviews/

## Rules
- First look through the codebase and tell me which files or templates you will change, before editing anything.
- Change only what these checks need, and keep the visible page and the structured data saying the same thing.
- Never invent prices, stock, shipping or return terms, reviews or product identifiers (GTIN): take them from the store’s real data or ask me.
- Don’t block or slow down real visitors and don’t add tracking.
- After deploying, run the free test again at https://specoria.com/ to verify the fix.`

## Specifications and guidance

- [schema.org/AggregateRating ↗](https://schema.org/AggregateRating)

The check is based on these open sources; links go to the publisher’s own pages.

## Where it sits in the 196-criteria framework

The result of this check counts as evidence for these items of the readiness framework:

- `2.6` AggregateRating and Review reflect real reviews

[The framework and its source →](https://specoria.com/method/#criteria)

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[Run the free test](https://specoria.com/method/checks/reviews/#test) [See the sample report →](https://specoria.com/reports/sample-report/)

## Related

- [Product structured data (schema.org)](https://specoria.com/method/checks/product-schema/)
- [Price, currency, availability and URL](https://specoria.com/method/checks/offer-complete/)
- [Agent Readiness Index 2027](https://specoria.com/index/) How the benchmarked stores scored, with open data
- [Glossary and formulas](https://specoria.com/glossary/) Every metric, defined the way we compute it

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