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Do the ratings on Google Maps have any correlation with the quality of the businesses? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 days ago by notsosure@sh.itjust.works to c/outoftheloop@lemmy.world

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[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

One trick on ratings is to sort by date. The most recent reviews are more likely to be reality, as opposed to the common bot-farm positive reviews. It still won't help you identify if customers aren't likely to leave reviews, however.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This is also generally good advice anyway, since a place can go from good to bad or bad to good over time. There is a gas station near me that has a pretty obvious point in which it went from pretty decent to utter shit, and it's when the current owner took over.