Local Reviews Drive Local Search Results The quantity, quality, and recency of your online reviews directlyimpact your local online search visibility and website traffic Google My Business results are ranked by 3 main factors: Location: How close your business is to the person searching Reputation:...
Mike Blumenthal’s When Will Google Places Fix Reviews? hit a nerve, as I imagine it would for any business that relies on Google Places as an important part of its presence on the Web. I spend a lot of time sending emails to Mike and other Local SEO’s that go something like this ...
Citing the perception of “reviews of a business on the business’ own site” as ‘self-serving’, Google’s intention is to reduce what it calls “invalid or misleading implementations” of review schema markup. As part of this change, they’re purportedly trying to make Review Rich Results...
On Google Search and Maps, you can find the following information about local places and businesses: Review scores Top reviews Total number of reviews All scores are rated on a scale from 1 t
When your local business shows up in Google with GMB, it will provide crucial information to potential customers like location, reviews, a short description, average cost, hours of operation, contact information, and more. This information makes it super easy for potential customers to locate and...
96% of US consumers read local business reviews, and 79% spend the majority of their review-reading time on Google. With figures as substantial as these, a local business owner might conclude that Google Business Profiles are really the only platform on which they need to devote time to ...
Tripadvisor: Focuses on travel and hospitality. It's useful for travelers looking for hotel, restaurant, and attraction reviews. Google Business Profile (GBP): Allows businesses to manage how they appear on Google Search and Maps. Business owners can create a profile to increase their online prese...
How do consumers read and write online business reviews in 2024? Our annual report uncovers insights needed for better reputation management.
Reviews and ratings are great ways to show customers and local search engines that your business is worth a visit. Here's everything you need to know.
REASON #1 – Local SEO is heavily influenced by online reviews from websites like Google+, Yelp, Facebook and others. Your competitors are using reviews as a marketing tool – to not only get more business by being listed on the search engines, but also to help people make decisions rega...