Comments on: Risky Review Schemes to Avoid https://www.brightlocal.com/learn/review-management/dos-and-donts/review-schemes-to-avoid/ Local Marketing Made Simple Tue, 08 Nov 2022 16:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Lee Wright https://www.brightlocal.com/learn/review-management/dos-and-donts/review-schemes-to-avoid/#comment-7022 Thu, 12 Sep 2019 21:45:01 +0000 https://www.brightlocal.com/?p=43624#comment-7022 Thanks. Awesome article.

]]> By: Jamie Pitman https://www.brightlocal.com/learn/review-management/dos-and-donts/review-schemes-to-avoid/#comment-4476 Fri, 03 May 2019 11:48:21 +0000 https://www.brightlocal.com/?p=43624#comment-4476 In reply to Chris Barnard.

Hey Chris, thanks for the heads-up! Looks like we missed that in testing, so I’ve forwarded your comment to our designers so we can get that reinstated.

Really appreciate you letting me know, and thanks for your comment!

Jamie

]]> By: Chris Barnard https://www.brightlocal.com/learn/review-management/dos-and-donts/review-schemes-to-avoid/#comment-4429 Wed, 01 May 2019 19:15:18 +0000 https://www.brightlocal.com/?p=43624#comment-4429 Sharing with all of my SMBs that don’t currently have a prductive system in place.

Heads up, seems like ever since the relaunch the sharing buttons are only producing the link, no headline copy or credit. (Twitter the only one I’ve used)

]]> By: John Vargo https://www.brightlocal.com/learn/review-management/dos-and-donts/review-schemes-to-avoid/#comment-3376 Fri, 28 Dec 2018 16:31:17 +0000 https://www.brightlocal.com/?p=43624#comment-3376 Jason, Thank you for the article and insightful info. I haven’t actively searched articles on the topic of reviews, but am glad I came across your insights.

]]> By: Jamie Pitman https://www.brightlocal.com/learn/review-management/dos-and-donts/review-schemes-to-avoid/#comment-3375 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:30:31 +0000 https://www.brightlocal.com/?p=43624#comment-3375 In reply to Tony Grant.

Hi Tony, I see what you’re saying but I’d argue that reviews are becoming more and more important as a ranking signal, with the latest Moz Local Ranking Factors Study citing quantity of reviews as the second biggest competitive difference-maker, only losing out to ‘Quality/Authority of Inbound Links to Domain’, so I think the argument for a review generation strategy is pretty compelling.

Thanks

Jamie

]]> By: Tony Grant https://www.brightlocal.com/learn/review-management/dos-and-donts/review-schemes-to-avoid/#comment-3374 Wed, 28 Nov 2018 06:38:24 +0000 https://www.brightlocal.com/?p=43624#comment-3374 In the UK, it is hard to see much of a correlation between numbers of reviews or review averages when it comes to ranking. In many industries, many businesses have no reviews, so many of those are unclaimed, yet so many times, they dwarf the business that does have reviews.
It is a minor seo factor that I think there are far better ways to impact ranking than spending time trying to game the local rankings with reviews.

]]> By: Jamie Pitman https://www.brightlocal.com/learn/review-management/dos-and-donts/review-schemes-to-avoid/#comment-3373 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 17:18:59 +0000 https://www.brightlocal.com/?p=43624#comment-3373 In reply to Greg.

Hi Greg, thanks for your comment.

No, the ‘Get Reviews’ process does not involve review gating as customers are asked to leave a review regardless of whether they’re reporting a positive or negative experience. You can find out more here.

Thanks

Jamie

]]> By: Greg https://www.brightlocal.com/learn/review-management/dos-and-donts/review-schemes-to-avoid/#comment-3372 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 14:02:42 +0000 https://www.brightlocal.com/?p=43624#comment-3372 Isn’t Brightlocal’s new review generation process essentially review-gating?

]]> By: Jamie Pitman https://www.brightlocal.com/learn/review-management/dos-and-donts/review-schemes-to-avoid/#comment-3371 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 13:07:04 +0000 https://www.brightlocal.com/?p=43624#comment-3371 In reply to Justin Bilyj.

Hi Justin,

Asking customers to review you via email isn’t against Google’s guidelines (but it is against Yelp’s, as they’re against any kind of review solicitation). I can’t speak to Grade.us’s service, but as long as you’re giving everyone the option to leave a Google review (whether their initial feedback is good or bad), you shouldn’t be accused of review-gating. The ‘gating’ element comes in when you specifically funnel happy customers towards leaving reviews, and funnel unhappy customers away from it.

Hope that helps.

Jamie

]]> By: Justin Bilyj https://www.brightlocal.com/learn/review-management/dos-and-donts/review-schemes-to-avoid/#comment-3370 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:59:47 +0000 https://www.brightlocal.com/?p=43624#comment-3370 If Google no longer allows review-gating, what will happen to review magnet vendors like Grade.us?
Is sending out emails asking your client-base to review you, now considered illegal as well?

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