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How to Get Your Business on TopRatedIn

You can't apply or pay to be listed. Every list is built from public Google ratings and review counts, so the way onto a list is more genuine reviews from real customers.

What it takes to be listed

  • Your business is open and has a Google Business Profile in the right category.
  • It is within about 35 km of the city center, so it appears in that city's search.
  • It has at least 20 Google reviews.
  • Its review-weighted score is in the top 10 for its niche and city.

How the score works

score = (v ÷ (v + m)) × R + (m ÷ (v + m)) × C

R is your rating, v your number of reviews, C the city average for your niche, and m is 200. With few reviews, your score sits close to the city average. As reviews grow, your own rating counts for more. That is why a 4.8 from 900 reviews beats a 5.0 from 12.

How to move up

  • Ask every real customer for a Google review, for example with a link in your follow-up email or text.
  • Reply to reviews, good and bad. It shows future customers you care.
  • Never buy reviews, offer rewards for them, or only ask happy customers. It breaks Google's rules and can get reviews removed.

Lists are refreshed about every 30 days, so new reviews show up at the next refresh.

Already listed?

Every listed business gets a free badge for its website, which updates itself each time the list is refreshed.

Is ChatGPT recommending you? Being on a list helps, but AI assistants also read your own website. Run a free AI visibility check to see what they find.

Run the free check

The check is run by Citeahead, the agency owned by TopRatedIn's founder. Working with Citeahead never changes a position on TopRatedIn: every business is ranked by the same published formula.