R<a href="https://www.mickmel.com/the-highest-isnt-always-the-best/">atings between 4.2 – 4.5 are generally seen as more trustworthy than a 5-star rating</a>

A few bad reviews can be a good thing

Value all reviews: Reviews are useful for potential customers when they’re honest and objective. Customers find a mix of positive and negative reviews more trustworthy. You can always respond to a review to show the customers that you care and provide additional context.

<div itemprop="text">Reading Time: &lt; 1 min</div>I mentioned a few months ago that <a href="https://www.mickmel.com/the-highest-isnt-always-the-best/" dir="ltr">ratings between 4.2 – 4.5 were generally seen as more trustworthy than a 5-star rating</a>. Google has now updated <a href="https://support.google.com/business/answer/3474122?hl=en" dir="ltr">their help document</a> for Google Business Profile (formerly “Google My Business”) to say exactly that:<BLOCKQUOTE>Value all reviews: Reviews are useful for potential customers when they’re honest and objective. Customers find a mix of positive and negative reviews more trustworthy. You can always respond to a review to show the customers that you care and provide additional context.</BLOCKQUOTE>It’s a struggle, for sure. As a business owner, I only want to see 5-star reviews for our company. On the other hand, I absolutely understand the logic behind what Google is saying. When I’m looking at products on Amazon, I’m immediately suspicious of anything that is 100% 5-star reviews.Taking that further, particularly with local businesses, I try to find some of the non-5-star reviews, see what the issue was, and then see how the business responded. Heartfelt responses from a business can mean a lot, and if you combine that with a ~4.5 kind of average, things should work out pretty well for you.<h3>Share this:</h3>

As a business owner, I only want to see 5-star reviews for our company. On the other hand, I absolutely understand the logic behind what Google is saying. When I’m looking at products on Amazon, I’m immediately suspicious of anything that is 100% 5-star reviews.

I mentioned a few months ago that ratings between 4.2 - 4.5 were generally seen as more trustworthy than a 5-star rating. Google has now updated their help document for Google Business Profile (formerly "Google My Business") to say exactly that: Value all reviews: Reviews are useful for potential customers…

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I mentioned a few months ago that <a href="https://www.mickmel.com/the-highest-isnt-always-the-best/">ratings between 4.2 – 4.5 were generally seen as more trustworthy than a 5-star rating </a>. Google has now updated <a href="https://support.google.com/business/answer/3474122?hl=en">their help document </a>for Google Business Profile (formerly “Google My Business”) to say exactly that:

Value all reviews: Reviews are useful for potential customers when they’re honest and objective. Customers find a mix of positive and negative reviews more trustworthy. You can always respond to a review to show the customers that you care and provide additional context.

It’s a struggle, for sure. As a business owner, I only want to see 5-star reviews for our company. On the other hand, I absolutely understand the logic behind what Google is saying. When I’m looking at products on Amazon, I’m immediately suspicious of anything that is 100% 5-star reviews.

Taking that further, particularly with local businesses, I try to find some of the non-5-star reviews, see what the issue was, and then see how the business responded. Heartfelt responses from a business can mean a lot, and if you combine that with a ~4.5 kind of average, things should work out pretty well for you.

A few bad reviews can be a good thing

A few bad reviews can be a good thing

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