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  • GabeGibitz
    GabeGibitz last edited by Apr 3, 2017, 3:02 PM

    I work for a University with 10,000+ students and alumni that could submit reviews. But how many reviews should I be collecting at one time? I don't want to overload the reviews and put up a red flag in Google...any insight on how much is too much?

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    • MiriamEllis
      MiriamEllis Subject Expert last edited by Apr 19, 2017, 5:28 PM Apr 19, 2017, 5:28 PM

      So glad to help, Gabe!

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      • GabeGibitz
        GabeGibitz last edited by Apr 18, 2017, 12:08 PM Apr 18, 2017, 12:08 PM

        Thanks for all the help, you two! That gives me a good direction to move in. Confirms my research.

        Thanks!

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        • MiriamEllis
          MiriamEllis Subject Expert last edited by Apr 18, 2017, 12:07 PM Apr 7, 2017, 5:19 PM

          Hi Gabe,

          As James mentions, there's not a known number that would  = too many. What is known is that Google does filter out reviews if they arrive in unnatural patterns. A business that has been sitting in Google My Business for years and has only earned 15 reviews in that time suddenly acquiring 30 reviews in a month might, indeed, look odd and trip that filter. But those are not exact numbers.

          I've never actually consulted with a college as a client before so the idea of a review campaign amongst students is a bit new to me. Just brainstorming here, off the cuff. In a traditional business setting, one fundamental technique of review acquisition to is ask your HAPPY customers to review you. You'll need to consider how to approximate this in an educational setting. How do you know which students are happy? Ones who have won some sort of award? Members of a winning rowing team? One idea might be former alumnae who have gone on to great things for which you know they credit the U, in part. If you simply do a student-body-wide ask, you are likely to end up with the sort of complaints seen here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+University+of+New+Mexico/@35.0843187,-106.6197812,15z/data=!4m7!3m6!1s0x0:0x7777c7361d5ed347!8m2!3d35.0843187!4d-106.6197812!9m1!1b1

          So, it seems to me that, in order to control the velocity with which reviews come in and also to approach this as a business would, you'd need to focus on a small subset of students or former students for a given time period and then focus on another group.

          I'd start by defining a goal for this project. What do you hope to achieve by earning more reviews? Then, begin experimenting with different forms of outreach that might contribute to this goal. And, of course, avoid known pitfalls.

          1. Don't ask for too many reviews at once.

          2. Don't specify that you want positive reviews.

          3. Don't offer incentives/gifts of any kind.

          4. Don't ask people who work for the U to review it.

          Just some initial thoughts here. Hope they are helpful.

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