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A Rebalanced GBP Score and a Published Methodology

Your website now counts for more of your overall GBP score, and the methodology page publishes every category weight, how the three signal groups divide the score, and what a public audit cannot see. Existing reports were rescored, so some scores moved.

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  • Improved
    Category weights rebalanced so your website counts for more of your overall score
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  • New
    Every category weight is now published, along with how your profile, your reviews and your website divide the score between them
  • New
    A new section sets out what a public audit cannot see, including the limits on how many photos and reviews are available to it
  • Improved
    Existing reports were rescored under the new weights, so some scores moved by a few points for methodology reasons rather than anything on your profile
  • Improved
    The projected score now shows what each recommended fix is actually worth instead of an estimate
  • Improved
    Reports now say when review themes were drawn from a translated review rather than the original wording
  • Improved
    Photo guidance now compares your listing against the typical range for your business category
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