Counting up local reviews
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Mozzers,
Does anyone know of a tool that can count up the number of local reviews a business has and compare them against another business?
Google Places has the number of reviews at the bottom of each place page but it never fully reflects the true count of reviews each business has.
Thanks!
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Thanks Erica!
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The only service I can think of that would do anything like this -- as they're a full service local pages creation/monitoring/etc service -- is Yext. However, I don't think they do anything to compare you to your competitors.
What I'd do is create a monitoring system yourself. Instead of focusing on every single review service out there, focus on the review sites that have strong signals: the Google Places, Yelps, etc. And track those as they're bound to have more weight than random ones. Also keep an eye out for strong sites that are local to your area.
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