Return of 5-Star Ratings to Google+ Local Pages

[Phil Rozek]

It looks like in the last few hours Google got rid of the last vestiges of the 30/30 "Zagat" review scale, and brought us back to the good old 5-star scale.

The 5 stars had been showing up if you navigated to a Google+ Local page through the "new" Maps, but now it's rolled out completely.

More detail here

5-Star Review Ratings Return to Google+ Local Pages | LocalVisibilitySystem.com

 

[Linda Buquet]

Thanks for scooping the story and sharing it with us Phil!

Yea Stars!

Can't wait til they come back to the SERPs!

 

[Phil Rozek]

Sure thing, Linda. I've just added some pics of where the Zagat ratings still do show up and where they no longer do.

I'll raise my glass to this one.

 

[Linda Buquet]

Yep nice change... long time comin!

Drink one for me!

 

[Linda Buquet]

Bumping this for those that missed it last night because it kind of got buried under all the other posts.

 

[Stefano Romero]

Any examples of 5-star rating showing up in the search results as well as the individual google local pages? So far Im only seeing them on the GL pages for medical/dental queries

 

[Phil Rozek]

@Stefano

Nope, the 5 stars aren't showing up in the Google+ Local search results (yet?). But they're showing up across the board on Google+ Local pages that have more than 5 stars. I covered all this stuff in the post, as you may have seen.

 

[Stefano Romero]

@Phil

Thanks Phil, was just curious to see if it had populated yet. Everyone is looking forward to this welcomed change.

 

[shondarogers]

There was a post yesterday about a new development in review stars...it was moved to another thread because it was important ...but i can't find it anywhere - does anyone know what i'm talking about or where i can find it?