If you read Google’s spam report from 2022, it seems like they are doing a decent job of tackling fake reviews. In 2022, they blocked or removed over 115 million policy-violating reviews, with the majority of them caught before they…
As we near the end of our case study on reviews, this next bit of information is probably the most mind-blowing thing we have learned about reviews in the last decade. When someone is leaving you a review, they can…
Have you been struggling to get more Google reviews for your business? Customer reviews are essential for building trust with potential customers and improving your local SEO. We'll show you how to share your Google reviews link with customers and…
Everyone wants to know what the key is to ranking well on Google. There are many theories about reviews being a ranking factor, but what is it about reviews? Is it the text in the reviews? Is it the number…
Let's say you're a dentist and you want to rank in the local map pack for the term, "emergency dentist." One would think that if you have a lot of reviews that use the keyword "emergency dentist," that would help…
It's the age-old question, do Google reviews help ranking? The answer is yes, Google reviews help ranking - but does the actual number of reviews have an impact? And we've heard for years that reviews are a ranking factor in…
Click Through Rate (CTR) is something we have done a ton of studies on in relation to rankings on Google. I'm extremely confident, due to many other tests I've done and observed over the last few years, that CTR is…
Back in 2021, we did a case study about upvotes. In that study, we determined that upvoting a review does not move the review up in position. In our latest case study on upvotes, we wanted to see if reviews…
As we continued to dive into what causes reviews to stay at the top of a listing, we looked into four more items. Local Guides: Do reviews left by local guides stay at the top longer? Profile pictures of the…
Getting a negative review on your Google Business Profile, previously named Google My Business, can be one of the most frustrating things about being a business owner. Google does have guidelines for reviews and if a review violates those guidelines -…
If you are a business that is frustrated by Google not publishing your reviews, you are not alone. We are seeing more and more reports of businesses that are complaining about missing Google reviews or reviews not publishing when customers…
As we continued our case study into reviews, the next item we analyzed was the Google review attributes. Google review attributes are a feature that allows consumers to leave a “critical” or “positive” thought about the business or service with…