What is the effect of reviews on google places ranking?

by hbteos234

Posted: 12 years ago 3 replies

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I keep seeing the top search results for a few of the keywords have sites with many (I mean 20+) google places reviews.

My question to you folks is how much is this a factor? does it matter if your site has 1, 2 or three google places reviews? Does having 20 make that much of a difference?

And also, should these reviews be done from an IP Address that is local to your city?

Any help would be much appreciated

#effect #google #places #ranking #reviews

rbrShorty 12 years ago

The reviews should be written by the customers of the business themselves. Their IPs would naturally be local...

Here is a case study that proves the importance of reviews:

Case Study: How Important the Google Places 5 Stars Are

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Nyagoslav
NGS Marketing
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- hbteos234 12 years ago
  
  Thanks, interesting study. It seems to confirm what I'm observing is that those with reviews tend to have a bit higher ranking.
  
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Fredrik Aurdal 12 years ago

It's a central factor for ranking Google places, that you need to have reviews. If you have a local business or doing it for a client, is making the business owner asking the customers for reviews going to be a big thing. Because not everyone does it.
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