reviews are still heavy lifting, but theyre mostly serving as the `
sentiment layer
for the LLM. structured data is what actually provides the verifiable facts that prevent hallucination in a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflow. if your schema doesn't explicitly link the service area to the specific business entity via @id, you're basically leaving it up to the model to guess. i've been focusing heavily on __schema.org/LocalBusiness__ markup with very granular
areaServed` properties lately.
it's less about ranking and more about being 'extractable'. are you seeing any specific types of schema errors popping up in your testing with these tools?