Average rating is the average star rating that your business or company has recieved online when compiled and averaged out. This is a major factor in the decision making process for consumers nowadays and is extremely important.
Generally anything above a 4 is pretty good. But if you are in a space where competitors only have 2's, even a 3 would appear to be good then.
Yes, a 4.7 is very good and almost perfect! Good job on attaining that score and keep doing what you are doing, it must be working.
Google reviews can be reliable but can also be used maliciously by both competitors and businesses themsleves. You should never leave a review unless you are actually a customer of a company and only write what you feel reflects your experience with the brand. Google does reinforce this as much as possible so they can be more reliable than reviews of a product on the company's own website since it is likely heavily moderated.
It is believed that there is a link between the number of positive good reviews a website has on Google and how high they tend to rank in the search results.
You should always try to get more reviews, there is never enough. If you find yourself struggling to get more than 10 or so then you may want to change your atrategy for procuring those reviews from customers.
On Google, it is highly prohibited to pay for reviews. It can be something that gets your site marked and would put your ranking in jeopardy possibly. It is highly recommeneded to never pay for reviews.
Create Date: September 28, 2024
Last Modified Date: September 29, 2024
