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Founded in 2002, DealerRater is the world's leading car dealer review and reputation management platform, featuring over 7 million consumer reviews across 41,000 U.S. and Canadian dealerships. The platform enables dealerships to manage their online reputation, grow their review presence, and achieve higher SEO rankings to attract in-market shoppers. It is a subsidiary of Cars.com (NYSE: CARS), having been acquired in August 2016.
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DealerRater has 90 mentions across 20+ years of DealerRefresh dealer discussion — rated 85% · Favorite. The community includes 33 positive and 6 negative takes.
90 mentions · 33 positive · 6 negative · Scored from 20+ years of candid DealerRefresh discussion. Scores shift as new conversations happen.
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"Dealers discuss strategies for generating online reviews across platforms like DealerRater, Google, and Yelp"
Getting those reviews! →
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"customer reviews impact search rankings on major automotive sites (Google, Cars.com, DealerRater, Edmunds)"
How to Drive Showroom Traffic with Online Reviews - JAN 17 →
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"aggregates reviews from thousands of indexing sites (including DealerRater and Cars.com)"
Blumenthal Reports Google Intros Review Monitoring System →
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"maintaining quality reviews across multiple platforms (Google Local, DealerRater, Edmunds, Yelp)"
Apple Maps and Yelp →
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"companies monitor reviews and comments about dealerships across numerous platforms (Facebook, Google, DealerRater, etc.)"
Software That Finds Any Comment or Review About Dealership →
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"DealerRater Reviews to Facebook FanPage Wall - How to Video"
DealerRater Reviews to Facebook FanPage Wall - How to Video →
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"DealerRater and J.D. Power announced a partnership that will allow customers completing J.D. Power surveys to post reviews directly to DealerRater, consolidating customer feedback from both sources into a single analytics platform for dealers."
DealerRater and JD Power Join Forces? →
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"some services like DealerRater lack public APIs altogether"
Is there any dealer crm / dms that provides apis to fetch the latest inventory by region? →
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"we've placed the codes on the back of our business cards and placed them on the sales staff desks linking them back to our prestoreview sites and dealerrater sites"
QR Codes - In or Out? →
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"So Google, Edmunds, Cars.com and DealerRater don't matter."
Beepi and Vroom and Carvana - will they make a DENT? →
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"There are a ton of groups that have white labeled their platform over the years (DealerRater, etc.)."
SEO? →
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"You have chat flying in, two main rotating banner, a banner ad, DealerRater, and Faces of Capital all rotating around."
Best dealership website you've seen? →
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"Google Places removed third-party review sites (DealerRater, Edmunds, Yelp, etc.) from search results"
Google Places Removes Third Party Reviews from Search Results →
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"free alternatives including Yelp's native email notifications, Google Alerts, and DealerRater's Certified 360 Dashboard"
Social Reputation →
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"Cars.com, Dealer Inspire, and DealerRater launched a petition urging the Department of Homeland Security to classify auto dealerships as essential businesses during a government shutdown"
Help us Work with DHS to #AllowSafeAutoSales →
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"DealerRater's Jamie Oldershaw joins RefreshFriday to discuss how upcoming FTC rules (effective December 9th) will impact dealership reputation management practices."
FTC Rules and Dealership Reputation | Jamie Oldershaw of DealerRater →
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"CARS Commerce, covering its Cars.com marketplace, Dealer Inspire website platform, DealerRater, Accu-Trade, and other integrated products"
Community Review: CARS - Cars.com, Dealer Inspire →
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"suggestions ranging from DealerRater's premium tool to free services like Oodle and Vast"
Any vendors offering a service to list vehicles on Facebook Marketing ? Car dealers, are you using f →
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"DealerRater Unveils Further Integration of Dealer Reviews with Dealers' Facebook Fan Pages"
DealerRater Unveils Further Integration of Dealer Reviews with Dealers’ Facebook Fan Pages →
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"Dealers debate whether online reviews on sites like DealerRater meaningfully impact sales"
What does your PRICING have to do with your REVIEWS? →
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"DealerRater Launches Web Site Exclusive for Canada"
DealerRater Launches Web Site Exclusive for Canada →
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"though dealers are weighing it against alternatives like DealerRater"
Cars.com Dealer Reviews →
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"We chose not to "adopt" their Yelp!/reviews/DealerRater/etc."
Why Yelp should Seriously Eat S*^&% and Die →
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"rather than relying on a single site like DealerRater"
Getting Dealership Reviews Across Multiple Review Sites →
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"Key examples highlight how personal engagement on platforms like DealerRater and Twitter, when backed by genuine customer service, generates measurable business results and brand credibility."
A little proof in the Social Media pudding? →
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"ActivEngage's competing toolbar noted for integrating chat and DealerRater reviews"
Free Social Media Tool Bar For Your Website →
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