Yelp

It's approaching year end and I'm curious if folks review their Yelp statistics and which are important to you if any!

The big one of course is total reviews. To you compare to previous years? Maybe you look at Recognitions. Dukedoms mean a lot to some and Compliments drive some folks.

Myself, I keep a baby spread of annual totals of the big stuff. Been doing it for years. Takes maybe 20 minutes once a year. It's interesting to look back.

What do you do?

I’m curious about monthly stats for others with All Star status.

I just received my monthly “Contributions” email and my stats for October:

22 Reviews
109 Checked In
76 Photos
168 Photo “Likes”
76 people found my reviews funny, cool, or helpful

Just trying to figure out what qualities for All Star status.

This post was created today and it's from an owner whos business is sharing that their genuine 5 star reviews is getting removed by Google. Sounds familiar to the other owners saying the same thing about Yelp? I been fortunate enough to not experience this issue but it's only a matter of time before I do. I'm dealing with people leaving just star ratings instead of writing an actual review so there no route to dispute if its fake.

This post from a business owner was created today, highlighting an increasingly concerning issue: Google is removing genuine 5 star reviews from business profiles. Does this sound familiar? It’s reminiscent of the ongoing complaints from business owners who have experienced similar issues with Yelp and claiming it's due to them not signing up for Yelp Ads.

Fortunately, I haven’t personally encountered this problem yet, but I can’t help feeling that it may only be a matter of time. I’m already dealing with another frustrating issue:, people leaving star only ratings without providing any written feedback. The problem with these ratings is that there is no meaningful content to review or challenge. Even if a rating is potentially fake or illegitimate, there is little basis for disputing it when Google doesn't identify a policy violation.

Google's removal of older, genuine 5 star reviews
by u/Cap2023 in GoogleMyBusiness

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