Google Rich Snippets and +Snippets Enhancements
Within a short time Google again introduced an enhancement to its rich snippets format as well as a further integration of the +snippets format, the rich snippets variation to share parts of a post or snippets by the Google+ button. The new enhancement of the rich snippets format concerns apps and prices of apps, which gets the information from various online marketplaces as well as review sites.
Introducing: Application Rich Snippets
In this context the lately introduced +snippets format has to be mentioned, which enables to share parts of content by the Google+ button. Also here and by using the same format providing specific additional information is possible, which by sharing may be passed on to the Google+ social network at all and in particular. Beside a further presentation another enhancement has been announced, the integration of +snippets into Google Maps. Opposed to the general integration the integration into Google Maps does not need particular action for publishers by being another function to share already provided data. But the common integration and usage of rich snippets and +snippets becomes more important by the integration of these functions into further Google products. Furthermore the integration into more Google products has been announced in the blog post +Snippets on Google Maps: if you can see it, you can share it.
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