{"id":20253,"date":"2017-02-03T15:18:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T19:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=20253"},"modified":"2017-02-03T15:18:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T19:18:07","slug":"google-lowers-local-pack-review-star-threshold-to-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/03\/google-lowers-local-pack-review-star-threshold-to-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Lowers Local Pack Review Star Threshold to 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At GetFiveStars blog I just published\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.getfivestars.com\/blog\/google-lowers-local-pack-review-star-threshold-3\/\" title=\"Permalink to Google Lowers Local Pack Review Star Threshold to 3\" rel=\"bookmark\">Google Lowers Local Pack Review Star Threshold to 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the first change since the summer of 2013 when Google stopped using the Zagat review system, Google is now showing review stars on businesses with as few as three reviews.<\/p>\n<p>Great if those three are good but even one bad one can look very bad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At GetFiveStars blog I just published\u00a0Google Lowers Local Pack Review Star Threshold to 3. 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