{"id":917,"date":"2020-02-26T12:18:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T12:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suvaance.com\/microblog\/?p=917"},"modified":"2020-02-26T12:21:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T12:21:00","slug":"does-google-use-bbb-rating-as-a-ranking-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suvaance.com\/microblog\/does-google-use-bbb-rating-as-a-ranking-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Google Use BBB Rating As A Ranking Factor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a common belief in <strong>webmasters<\/strong> and <strong>SEOs<\/strong> that good <strong>BBB<\/strong> (Better Business Bureaus) ratings or reviews can help them rank better in <strong>Google<\/strong>. But, does Google really consider <strong>BBB ratings or reviews<\/strong> as part of its <strong>search ranking factors<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>Recently on Twitter, Google\u2019s <strong>Danny Sullivan<\/strong> was asked about whether Google uses BBB ratings as a ranking factor or not.<\/p>\n<p>Danny on his reply said that Google doesn&#8217;t use BBB ratings as a ranking factor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No, we don&#39;t use BBB ratings as a ranking factor.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dannysullivan\/status\/1230635066495139841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Previously, in a <em>Google Webmaster Central office-hours hangout<\/em>, Google\u2019s <strong>John Mueller<\/strong> has also confirmed the same thing. 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