http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/12/15/google-maps-reviews-was-this-review-useful/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:46:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/12/15/google-maps-reviews-was-this-review-useful/comment-page-1/#comment-167921 SEO Igloo Blog » Google Reviews Review Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:53:18 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/12/15/google-maps-reviews-was-this-review-useful/#comment-167921 [...] Are some reviews more powerful than others? As Mike Blumenthal recently pointed out in his post about Google Maps reviews, Google initially seemed to be placing greatest importance on the number of reviews a business had. For example, if restaurant #1 had 20 reviews and restaurant #2 had 47 reviews, the expected result would be that restaurant #2 would rank higher. However, over the past few days, the talk has been that it may be the quality not the quantity of reviews that is carrying new degrees of weight with Google. [...] [...] Are some reviews more powerful than others? As Mike Blumenthal recently pointed out in his post about Google Maps reviews, Google initially seemed to be placing greatest importance on the number of reviews a business had. For example, if restaurant #1 had 20 reviews and restaurant #2 had 47 reviews, the expected result would be that restaurant #2 would rank higher. However, over the past few days, the talk has been that it may be the quality not the quantity of reviews that is carrying new degrees of weight with Google. [...]

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