Comments on: Google Lowers Local Pack Review Star Threshold to 3 https://gatherup.com/blog/google-lowers-local-pack-review-star-threshold-3/ Feedback, reviews & customer experience Mon, 01 Aug 2022 14:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike Blumenthal https://gatherup.com/blog/google-lowers-local-pack-review-star-threshold-3/#comment-240 Fri, 10 Feb 2017 01:43:22 +0000 https://www.getfivestars.com/?p=5287#comment-240 In reply to Rebecca D.

@rebecca this has been rolling out since the weekend. See: https://gatherup.com/blog/google-drops-review-star-threshold-2-stops-using-bayesian-average/

]]> By: Rebecca D https://gatherup.com/blog/google-lowers-local-pack-review-star-threshold-3/#comment-239 Fri, 10 Feb 2017 00:30:18 +0000 https://www.getfivestars.com/?p=5287#comment-239 I saw it on our client’s knowledge panel today for only 1 review here (Melb, Aus). That was the first i’d even noticed this change! So there you go. Pity that 1 review is a 1 star!! Need to hustle more reviews now more than ever.

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal https://gatherup.com/blog/google-lowers-local-pack-review-star-threshold-3/#comment-238 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 18:31:56 +0000 https://www.getfivestars.com/?p=5287#comment-238 In reply to Joel Headley.

@Joel and Marcelo
@ and even occasionally 1. Why the one is sometimes on and sometimes not is a bit of a mystery.

I have written a new article: Google Drops Review Star Threshold to 1 or 2 Reviews AND Stops Using Bayesian Average

]]> By: Joel Headley https://gatherup.com/blog/google-lowers-local-pack-review-star-threshold-3/#comment-237 Mon, 06 Feb 2017 18:26:12 +0000 https://www.getfivestars.com/?p=5287#comment-237 I’m also seeing 2 reviews with stars.

https://goo.gl/photos/8F4qDaqee7sXsPQz5

]]> By: Marcelo Soler https://gatherup.com/blog/google-lowers-local-pack-review-star-threshold-3/#comment-236 Sun, 05 Feb 2017 23:04:02 +0000 https://www.getfivestars.com/?p=5287#comment-236 https://www.google.com.au/search?num=50&safe=off&q=pest+control+in+western+sydney&oq=pest+control+in+western+sydney&gs_l=serp.3..0i30k1.2307.2668.0.2903.3.3.0.0.0.0.193.373.0j2.2.0….0…1c.1.64.serp..1.2.372…0j0i7i30k1j0i5i30k1.rq6rXlUG7TY

]]> By: Marcelo Soler https://gatherup.com/blog/google-lowers-local-pack-review-star-threshold-3/#comment-235 Sun, 05 Feb 2017 23:03:12 +0000 https://www.getfivestars.com/?p=5287#comment-235 Hi Guys, just need 2 reviews here in Sydney Australia to get the star treatment

]]> By: Nathan Veenstra https://gatherup.com/blog/google-lowers-local-pack-review-star-threshold-3/#comment-234 Sat, 04 Feb 2017 20:44:42 +0000 https://www.getfivestars.com/?p=5287#comment-234 I saw the same thing as Peter Troast, and am just finishing up a blog post (in Dutch) about this. Interesting detail: not everything is always being rolled out internationally directly by Google. This though, seems to be.

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal https://gatherup.com/blog/google-lowers-local-pack-review-star-threshold-3/#comment-233 Sat, 04 Feb 2017 18:51:48 +0000 https://www.getfivestars.com/?p=5287#comment-233 In reply to Peter Troast.

@peter interesting.

]]> By: Peter Troast https://gatherup.com/blog/google-lowers-local-pack-review-star-threshold-3/#comment-232 Sat, 04 Feb 2017 17:41:33 +0000 https://www.getfivestars.com/?p=5287#comment-232 In some sectors of home services, particularly HVAC, we’re seeing 2 as the threshold. https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=hvac+repair+portland+me

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal https://gatherup.com/blog/google-lowers-local-pack-review-star-threshold-3/#comment-231 Fri, 03 Feb 2017 23:03:23 +0000 https://www.getfivestars.com/?p=5287#comment-231 In reply to Eric Marshall.

@Eric could not have said it better myself!

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