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You can't -- but the better question is why does it matter/is it important to you?

Any reputable SEO company wouldn't do this. Becoming #1 takes time and effort...if it doesn't take much effort from your perspective why not just do it yourself?

Someone who might take this challenge up will most likely linkspam your site all over the place and possibly get you dinged or removed in a few short months from a SE's index.

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

Sure, check out my site, cappex.com. We have reviews and ratings on many colleges within the US - many of them showing the review schema in the SERPS. For example - type in "cappex depaul university", or "cappex SUNY fredonia reviews" and you'll see what I mean.

No penalties on our end, and no limitation to just put it on the HP (In fact I've never heard about the markup only on the homepage...sounds a bit funky to me if you are reviewing a whole bunch of things...).

If we decide to use custom web fonts - using CSS + linked .ttf files - will there be any sort of issue in terms of being looked down upon by SE's?

I realize there would be a slight increase in download time - but other than that has anyone experienced any negative effects?

Well that's interesting - I see the code for the tags - it's coming out of this class:

id="subgenre-tags-raw" style="display:none">

I also see that you have a meta description - this is a stumper!

Why not head over to the google webmaster forum and reach out! I'd be very interested to see what they say!

You can also use a tool like SEOMoz to get a decent measure.

Another option is to use private browsing and set your location as "USA" within the google preferences on the SERP page.

Do you have an example of this?

From what I can gather it sounds like a php execution problem if markup isn't being generated...a function isn't being called correctly.

Also, meta descriptions aren't by default very useful in WP. I've had to modify themes to use custom meta descriptions on the homepage, categories, and tag pages.

As far as I know the SE's will still index the content - and its up to "their discretion" whether or not to use a canonical.

As far as I know, there is not a way to do this. It's also kind of really strange they won't open up the template to be altered. Could you ask them for access  - or just provide them the code to use?

Even if there WAS a way to use rel=canconical in a nonstandard way - I don't think you would want to do that - as it may not be supported across all engines.

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Webmasters/thread?tid=64f490887853e7a2&hl=en

I use WordTracker (You can signup for a free trial) - it lets you type in your domain, competitor domains, and viola - shows you who is linking to where - where you could possibly get links etc. Very helpful tool. I think it would work well in your case because SOMEONE is linking to "boring" content - and having this sort of visibility allows you to see where the story makers are coming from.