Try clicking plus.google.com/local and then doing a search. It's a good preview of what the new SERP may look like.Nothing in WA that I can see yet.
Try clicking plus.google.com/local and then doing a search. It's a good preview of what the new SERP may look like.Nothing in WA that I can see yet.
Kevin, I found this article that tries to explain the rating system.
https://support.google.com/local/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1723748&p=zagat_score
This particular article uses restaurants as an example. For other types of business, they offer this quote at the end of the article:
"When we don’t have enough user ratings on different aspects, we will just show an overall score. An overall score is comparable to a score in the primary aspect for a location, like food for restaurants."
The score for my dealership is a 21 out of 30, which puts us in the "very good to excellent" category.
Try clicking plus.google.com/local and then doing a search. It's a good preview of what the new SERP may look like.
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Mike Blumenthal is certainly my go-to resource for all things "Google Places". His blog is chock full of accurate, timely, and reliable information.Here is a great Q and A link from Mike Blumenthal who writes a blog about all things Google. It appears a Gmail account is no longer sufficient, our customers will have to be on Google+ to write a review. Here is what Mike says about the new reviews process.
Here is the link to the entire article:
Google + Local: Q’s and some A’s | Understanding Google Places & Local Search
Thanks to Ed Brooks for referring this blog to me here in another thread.