{"id":15436,"date":"2013-08-06T18:16:05","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T22:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=15436"},"modified":"2013-08-07T08:06:30","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T12:06:30","slug":"google-testing-review-distribution-charts-for-g-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/06\/google-testing-review-distribution-charts-for-g-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Rolling Out Review Distribution Charts for G+ Page"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update 6:45 pm<\/strong>: Google has confirmed the review distribution is going live and will be visible across all browsers and desktop machines shortly. It also appears that only listings that show Stars are seeing the distribution graph. For the most part that results when a listing<\/a> has at least five reviews. Although in rare cases a few listings with 4 reviews garner the stars and get the review distribution graph.<\/p>\n

Mary-Kelly Gaebel of ADP Digital Marketing Solutions Group<\/a> pointed out a new feature that Google seems to be testing (or perhaps rolling out): A review star distribution chart. I had noticed this feature the other day but before I could do a screen capture, it had disappeared. <\/p>\n

It seems odd to me that they would be adding new features to the Plus review page while simultaneously making<\/a> it more difficult to get to the review page…. but hey this is Google. Its all part of some grand plan, right? I actually like the presentation and it provides users with \u00a0meaningful data but if it isn’t brought to the main search page it is unlikely to be seen by many.<\/p>\n

Although I am now seeing this in Safari for Mac but NOT Chrome or Firefox. Are you seeing it?<\/p>\n

I would love to see the distributions of this data, in aggregate, by industry.<\/p>\n

In related news, Google has announced<\/a> that they have added Canada and Spain to the new dashboard rollout. Wonder when they will finish rolling it out in the US?<\/p>\n

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Update 6:45 pm: Google has confirmed the review distribution is going live and will be visible across all browsers and desktop machines shortly. It also appears that only listings that show Stars are seeing the distribution graph. For the most part that results when a listing has at least five reviews. Although in rare cases …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t