Glossary · local-seo
What is Review velocity?
Review velocity is the rate at which new reviews arrive — how many per week or month, and whether that flow is steady. A profile that collected 60 reviews two years ago and none since looks less alive than one collecting four a month, because recent reviews describe the business as it is now. Google does not publish how it weights recency, but the pattern practitioners consistently observe is that steady arrival helps while sudden spikes attract filtering. Bursts also look purchased, and Google removes reviews it distrusts, so a hundred in one day can be forty by the weekend.
What does Review velocity mean for a business in Pakistan?
The habit that works here is asking in person while the customer is still in the shop, with a QR code at the counter, because nobody opens Maps later at home. Ramadan and wedding season create natural surges — a caterer might collect fifteen reviews across Ramadan and two in September — so plan a steady ask through the quiet months rather than pretending the spike is the norm.
A worked example
A salon holds 46 reviews at a 4.5 average. At roughly 60 clients a week, asking every one and getting a 5% response is about three new reviews a week, so twelve a month. Twelve arriving steadily reads as a busy, current business; the same twelve posted in one afternoon reads as a purchase and often gets filtered out.
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Review velocity — quick answers
What does Review velocity mean?
Review velocity is the rate at which new reviews arrive — how many per week or month, and whether that flow is steady. A profile that collected 60 reviews two years ago and none since looks less alive than one collecting four a month, because recent reviews describe the business as it is now.
Review velocity ko Urdu mein kya kehte hain?
ریویو ویلاسٹی — though in practice almost everyone in Pakistan says "review velocity". The habit that works here is asking in person while the customer is still in the shop, with a QR code at the counter, because nobody opens Maps later at home.
Why does Review velocity matter for a business in Pakistan?
The habit that works here is asking in person while the customer is still in the shop, with a QR code at the counter, because nobody opens Maps later at home. Ramadan and wedding season create natural surges — a caterer might collect fifteen reviews across Ramadan and two in September — so plan a steady ask through the quiet months rather than pretending the spike is the norm.
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