So, this morning I checked out Google + Local — the Goog's newest offering, which replaces Google Places and makes
recommendations about local businesses based on your past reviews, reviews your contacts have made, as well as Zagat ratings.
According to Search Engine Land's findings, most people surveyed were just as likely to turn to the Internet, as they were to ask for personal
recommendations about local businesses.
Not exact matches
Marketing research shares a lot of insights into the weight consumers give to
business reviews online: 72 % of consumers said that online reviews are as trustworthy as personal
recommendations, and 52 % of them said that positive online reviews
about a
local business make them more likely to pay it a visit.
[Teachers can also] contact me
about recommendations of
local businesses that may help in terms of massage or yoga or other opportunities for wellbeing and mindfulness.»