Too many reviews too quickly?

[KempRugeLawGroup]

Is there any sort of guideline on this? Right now, we have very few google reviews. However, I've cross referenced a list of our happiest clients with people who have g+ accounts. There are at least 12 clients, I feel strongly would write us g+ reviews if I asked them to. I want to just get the word out today, but I'm worried if 8-12 reviews in a week would red flag us.

I've heard that getting too many reviews to quickly can be a problem, but I'm thinking that more like 100 than 10, but I have no idea. Most of my competitors don't have any reviews, and the most any of them have is 10. I don't know if that matters at all either in terms of triggering a red flag.

I'd appreciate whatever insight you all could give.

Thanks,

Ruben

[Kurt_Steinbrueck]

I have the same question.  While I appreciate the replies from Andy and Miriam, neither backed up their answers with evidence.  Has Google ever stated specifically that too many reviews too quickly could get a site penalized or have the reviews not "count?"  Or has anyone ever published research or examples?

Thanks,

Paul

[MiriamEllis]

Hi Ruben,

Sounds like a good plan, and it's one you should continue to go by, for all time.

[KempRugeLawGroup]

Alright, so we'll keep it to 1-2 a week till we get established. Thanks!

• Ruben

[MiriamEllis]

Hi Ruben,

I would not advise going for 8-12 new reviews in a week. I think Andy's suggestion of staggering your requests over several weeks is a better idea. What you're trying to avoid here is having your hard-earned reviews filtered out by Google's review filter. Frequency is one thing that appears to trip that filter, so most Local SEOs recommend a slowly-but-surely approach to requesting reviews.

[Andy.Drinkwater]

Hi Ruben,

Some services will get that many reviews daily, so I wouldn't have said that 8-12 in a week was a problems.

That said, I always tend to err on the side of caution, so perhaps drip-feed them over a 2-3 week period if you want to make sure you are safe.

-Andy