Battle of the Brands – Chili’s vs. Applebee’s
April 29, 2014ReviewPush places Applebee’s and Chili’s head to head in a five round Battle of The Brands. The Battle of The Brands infographic displays a visual of detailed information on two major chain restaurants in North America. The purpose of the infographic is to display the importance of online reviews and how online reviews create an…
Yahoo Makes the Switch to Yelp Reviews
March 26, 2014Last month Yahoo announced that they would integrate Yelp reviews into their website search results. Today they released the new look with the capability to get a full view of a company without having to click on any links. This is the new look of the efficiently arranged search page with the Yelp company information…
Negative Reviews Could Cost Your Business $300,000
February 11, 2014Christopher Dietz is suing Jane Perez for $750,000 after she posted critical comments about Dietz home contracting company on Yelp and Angie’s list. Dietz claims Perez’s words were false and hurt his reputation costing his company $300,000 in lost revenue. In the August 2012 review, Perez claimed Deitz caused lasting damage to her home and…
Gmail Now Lets You Email Your Google+ Connections
January 21, 2014Google announced the new integration between Gmail and Google+ that suggests your Google+ connections as recipients when you are composing an email. Google now lets you control the way people are able to reach you and extends your connections. You can choose between anyone on Google+, Extended circles, circles, and no one. The new feature…
Yelp More Likely to Filter Extreme Reviews and New Accounts
August 8, 2013Based on a study of 316,000 Yelp reviews, Michael Luca and Georgios Zervas have found that Yelp’s review filter had hidden more than 50,000 of those, or about 16% of the reviews that they scraped from the study. And those filtered reviews shared some common characteristics tied both to the review itself, and to the…
Is Google Changing Their Local Business Rating System?
May 15, 2013After looking at the new Google map below it seems that Google will be changing their rating scale back to the 5 star system. Google currently displays the 30 point rating for local businesses but this might not be the case in a few days. Based on our experience it seems that the 30 point…
90% of Customers Say That Online Reviews Influenced a Recent Purchase Decision
April 15, 201390% of Customers Say Reading Positive Online Reviews Influenced a Purchase Decision. A recent survey by Dimensional Research, a market research firm focused on technology, found that 90% of customers who could recall having read online reviews were influenced by positive reviews in their purchase decision. Similarly, 86% said that reading negative reviews had influenced…
Consumers Trust Reviews & Recommendations Over Everything
April 2, 2013Forrester Study: Reviews & Recommendations #1 for Consumer Trust March 2013 Forrester Research recently released findings from a survey of US & European adults that was designed to measure their trust in different types of online advertising and promotion. Mirroring the results of a similar study last year, consumers indicated that they trust reviews and…
Obama Bear Hug Leads to a Boost in Online Reviews (Negative and Positive)
October 3, 2012Business owners beware: A spur-of-the-moment hug with the U.S. President can land your enterprise in the middle of an online review fight. Unless you’re a restaurant owner from Fort Pierce, Fla., in which case you’ll embrace the spotlight, hit up the daytime time talk circuit and go on to bear-hug other notable U.S. citizens. In…
Yelp Ranking Guide for Local Businesses
September 10, 2012Optimizing business listings is an emerging form of SEO, gaining in popularity due to the prevalence of local user review sites like Yelp, Google Places and Foursquare. Getting on the first page of search results on these sites can help customers find your business and make all the difference in generating new prospects and sales….
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