{"id":1086,"date":"2013-02-14T21:14:41","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T15:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.jodena.com\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2017-12-12T17:28:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T17:28:20","slug":"google-woke-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jodena.com\/blog\/google-woke-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Woke Up!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those of you who have been following my posts for a while know that I have written frequently about the importance of accumulating quality reviews from your happy and loyal patients. There is an unquestioned and direct correlation between the quality and volume of patient reviews and how your practice ranks on the local Google business map. Since studies show that something approaching 70% of people choose from the top two listings, you certainly want to take advantage of this proven SEO strategy.<\/p>\n<p>The easiest way to get a patient to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodena.com\/blog\/update-on-google-patient-review-mechanics\/\">write a review<\/a> was to have that patient go to your Google Place Page\u2013sign in with a Gmail account\u2013and publish the review.\u00a0 To make this process more user friendly, I have recommended that you install a Google button on your website \u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodena.com\/\">you can see what I have done)<\/a> where someone can click the button and in one step \u00a0be directed to your Page and write the Google review.\u00a0 That process was working just fine until to my dismay, seven months ago, Google Pages changed to something called Google+Local. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jodena.com\/blog\/google-needs-a-bandaid\/\">Click here <\/a>to read how this change became a major disaster. Google\u2019s efforts to control spam or false reviews resulted in a situation where it was virtually impossible for anyone to post a review on your Page.<\/p>\n<p>Whether this was Google changing their filtering algorithms to become very aggressive, or whether it was some other mechanical issue, nobody will ever know. But no worries\u2013I am writing today to tell you that Google must have actually read my blog post of October 24 and decided to fix the problem!<\/p>\n<p>About ten days ago\u2013when checking my own Google+Local Page\u2013I discovered something amazing.\u00a0 As if by magic &#8211; five or six reviews for my services that had been written during the past six months &#8211; but \u00a0had never been published on my Page &#8211; were now suddenly \u00a0showing up. I quickly checked the Google Place Pages for several of my clients to excitedly find similar results. The following day, just because I had become so paranoid about all of this, I had someone else write a review for me, and it was published instantly\u2013just like the old days.<\/p>\n<p>So don\u2019t wait any longer. The Google review process for the moment is alive, well, and functioning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those of you who have been following my posts for a while know that I have written frequently about the importance of accumulating quality reviews from your happy and loyal patients. 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