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Which Schema Types Affiliate Sites Should Use (and Which Trigger Actions)

Product and Review schema on content where you aren't the seller invites a structured-data manual action. ItemList, BreadcrumbList, FAQPage, and Article are safe, effective types for affiliate content.

How to fix it

  1. Use ItemList for rankings and comparisons, BreadcrumbList everywhere.
  2. FAQPage only for questions actually on the page.
  3. Avoid full Product/Offer markup unless you actually sell — that's for merchants.
  4. AggregateRating borrowed from elsewhere is the classic penalty trigger.

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