Comments on: TripAdvisor Reviews Now Showing in Places Again

By: TripAdvisor Continuing to Limit Reviews in Google Places | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:29:32 +0000

[...] the weekend, we reported that TripAdvisor reviews, while not showing up in UK, were returning to US listings. Apparently, it [...]

By: TripAdvisor shrugs off reports, Google blockade still in place | Tnooz

TripAdvisor shrugs off reports, Google blockade still in place | Tnooz — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:07:36 +0000

[...] wrote yesterday that TripAdvisor reviews had re-appeared in Google Places, following on from a similar post by Mike [...]

By: TripAdvisor Reviews Are NOT Back! | TripAdvisorWatch: Travel Review Sites in Focus

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:33:23 +0000

[...] http://blumenthals.com/blog/2010/12/11/tripadvisor-reviews-now-showing-in-places-again/ [...]

By: TripAdvisor Back From Its Google Vacation

TripAdvisor Back From Its Google Vacation — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:01:11 +0000

[...] Blumenthal noticed this weekend (and so did I) that TripAdvisor was now back among the review sources on Google Places [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:42:30 +0000

@Lauren

In the example I gave above, bed and breakfast kennebunkport shows TA reviews both in the count and in the places pages.

The example by Phil for the UK still shows a dirth of TA reviews….

Most likely explanation is that they are slowly coming back in (or out depending on your POV )

By: Lauren R

Lauren R — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:06:21 +0000

Hi Mike,

Our hotel Places listing is now counting TripAdvisor reviews again, but it is still not showing them. We had 540 total reviews for a awhile, with several international TripAdvisor sites other than .com reviews. When TA reviews went away, our total review count went down to 249. Our Places page is now showing 483 reviews, which could account for the TA.com reviews but appears to still be missing about 60 reviews them. The missing 60 could be the usual fluke or the international TA reviews, but I am more interested in seeing that my total reviews are back up. Do you know anyone else seeing the quantity of TA reviews back in their Places pages?

Could this be a work-around for Google to count the TA reviews for rankings even if TA will not allow for Places to show the review content?

Lauren

By: Phil, B&B Owner in Normandy

Phil, B&B Owner in Normandy — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 09:19:02 +0000

Still seems to be piecemeal, Mike. As of this morning I did my usual check for “London Hotels” on Google and there are TA reviews for only 2 out of the top 10.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=london+hotels&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&biw=1280&bih=817&prmd=ivmcn&source=lnms&tbs=plcs:1&ei=vpIETYvtEca1hAeqwqjuBw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&ved=0CCAQ_AU

Phil

By: sdmahesh06

sdmahesh06 — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 05:34:25 +0000

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