{"id":509,"date":"2008-02-29T15:01:56","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T19:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/29\/how-many-reviews-does-a-top-10-restaurant-need\/"},"modified":"2008-02-29T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-29T19:15:00","slug":"how-many-reviews-does-a-top-10-restaurant-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/29\/how-many-reviews-does-a-top-10-restaurant-need\/","title":{"rendered":"How many Reviews does a Top 10 Restaurant need?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buffalo, NY has a population of 276, 059. Dallas Texas has 1,232,940 folks and San Francisco has 744,041 people. Yet the number of reviews bears no correlation to their populations in the Google Local 10-Pack results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rank<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nBuffalo Rest.<\/font><\/td>\nWeb Site<\/font><\/td>\nRev.Totals Buff.<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nDallas Rest.<\/font><\/td>\nWeb Site<\/font><\/td>\nReview Totals Dallas<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nS.F. Rest.<\/font><\/td>\nWeb Site<\/font><\/td>\nReview Totals S.F.<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nAnchor Bar<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n60<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nBob’s Steak & Chop House<\/font><\/td>\nY <\/font><\/td>\n49<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nZuni Cafe<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n154<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nChef’s Restaurant<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n27<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nLola the Restaurant<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n18<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nFirst Crush Restaurant & Bar<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n145<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nHutch’s<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n14<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nStephan Pyles<\/font><\/td>\nY <\/font><\/td>\n40<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nHouse of Prime Rib<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n142<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nPearl Street Grill & Brewery<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n13<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nOld Warsaw Restaurant<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n26<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nE & O Trading Co<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n28<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nLa Nova Pizzeria: Buffalo Location<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n33<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nAbacus Restaurant<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n43<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nRestaurant Gary Danko<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n285<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nDuff’s<\/font><\/td>\nN<\/font><\/td>\n35<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nCapital Grille<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n30<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nSlanted Door<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n233<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nPano’s Restaurant<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n24<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nCampisi’s Restaurant<\/font><\/td>\nY <\/font><\/td>\n31<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nFarallon<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n123<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nMother’s Restaurant<\/font><\/td>\nN<\/font><\/td>\n23<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nJavier’s Catering Services<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n20<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nMichael Mina Restaurant<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n126<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nEB Green’s Steakhouse<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n10<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nSteel Restaurant & Lounge<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n23<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nDelfina Restaurant<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n138<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nOlivers restaurant<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n13<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nNick & Sam’s Catering Division<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n25<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nCheesecake Factory<\/font><\/td>\nY<\/font><\/td>\n84<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\nTotal<\/font><\/td>\n252<\/font><\/td>\n <\/td>\nTotal<\/font><\/td>\n305<\/font><\/td>\n <\/td>\nTotal<\/font><\/td>\n1458<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

It makes sense that San Francisco has such a large number of reviews; the city has a technically savvy population, has a large amount of tourism and is the home of Yelp. But why would there be such a similar number of reviews in Buffalo, a declining NE city of a quarter million, and Dallas, a much larger and still growing area? Are Texans slower on the uptake?<\/p>\n

Some items of note:<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2The top review getters in Dallas or Buffalo are in the 50 range vs. SF’s 150<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2Only 2 of these 30 restaurants do not yet have websites noted in Google Maps\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2In Dallas the #1 sites had 2x’s the number of review of the 10th ranked site<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2The Anchor Bar has 4x’s the number of reviews of the 10th site.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2Note that while generally the more the reviews the higher the rank that is not always the case. E & O Trading Co in S.F. is a case in point as is Restaurant Gary Danko.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2Several listings appear to have obviously attempted to modify their business name to influence ranking ( La Nova Pizzeria: Buffalo Location, Restaurant Gary Danko).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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