Why do Google reviews carry weight in Kontich?
In Kontich, customers pick their supplier from the local pack of three that Google shows above the results. The rating, the count and the freshness of your reviews decide whether you sit in that block and whether somebody taps you instead of the business next door.
Anyone offering a service here gets searched for from Edegem, Hove, Lint, Aartselaar and Reet at the same time.
Google weighs relevance, distance and prominence. Distance is fixed once your premises are there, relevance can be set right in half an hour, and prominence grows with every review that arrives. That makes reviews the one part where you can gain ground in Kontich every week.
Which businesses in Kontich gain the most?
Any business where the customer chooses between two names on a screen. In Kontich that includes garages, contractors, hair salons and restaurants, along with everyone who works at the customer address and therefore has no shopfront to show.
- garages
- contractors
- hair salons
- restaurants
- dental practices
- installers
If you work at the customer address, your Google profile is your shopfront. Set a service area covering Kontich and the surrounding municipalities, rather than a street address no customer ever visits.
How do you go about it in Kontich?
Ask every customer within 24 hours, through the channel they already use, with one link that opens the writing window straight away. One reminder after two days, then you let it go. That is the whole routine.
- 1Claim and complete your Google Business Profile, with Kontich in your address or your service area.
- 2Fetch your review link and test it on a phone where you are not signed in as the owner.
- 3Ask every customer within 24 hours, over WhatsApp, SMS or a QR code at the counter.
- 4Send exactly one reminder after two days.
- 5Reply to every review, including the weaker ones, within 48 hours.
Frequently asked questions
- How many Google reviews do I need in Kontich?
- There is no fixed number. Search your service plus Kontich in Google Maps, look at the first five results and take the review count of the third as your target. In most municipalities in Antwerp province that threshold sits between thirty and a hundred and fifty.
- Am I allowed to ask my customers in Kontich for reviews?
- Yes. Asking is allowed, as long as you ask everyone the same way and offer nothing in return. Giving a discount or promising a gift in exchange for a review is prohibited, both under Google policy and under European consumer rules.
- Can I also be found in Edegem, Aartselaar, Reet, Rumst and Hove?
- Yes. Those municipalities sit close enough to Kontich to appear in the same search results. Put them in your service area and build a page per municipality with content genuinely about that place.
- How many reviews does a business in Kontich need?
- Kontich sits between the Antwerp rim and the Mechelen area, so the threshold runs higher than in the Rupel villages. In most categories expect sixty to a hundred and fifty reviews to reach the top three.