Google Rating Calculator
Moving a Google rating by half a star takes more new reviews than it looks. Enter your rating, your review count and where you want to be, and see how many 5-star reviews it takes, what a single 1-star review does, and how long it will take at your pace.
Google Rating Calculator
Your rating today
Where you want to be
Your new reviews
What it takes
After your next reviews
| New reviews | All 5★ | May show as | At your mix |
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Now go and get them
- Make a direct review link that opens the review box in one tap, with a text message and email to send.
- Print a QR code for the counter, the receipt or the to-go bag.
- Reply to every review as it comes in, good or bad.
How to use it, and why it matters
Read your numbers off Google
Search your business on Google or open it in Maps: the rating and the review count sit under the name. Type both in, pick a target, and leave new reviews at 5★ unless you know your recent ones average lower.
The first decimal is what people compare
In the map pack, people scan the stars before they read a word, and 4.8 next to 4.3 is an easy choice. The more reviews you already have, the slower the average moves, so a steady stream of new reviews beats any one big push.
Ask everyone, every time
The fastest way to the target is asking every customer, not only the ones you expect to be happy. Google's review policies currently do not allow picking who you ask or offering anything in return. Our local SEO service sets up the asking for you.
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