Justification type

Review justification

Example: “The pizza is incredible” — Review

Google pulls a sentence from a customer review that contains the searcher's keyword. Most common justification type and the strongest social proof.

Trigger

User's query keyword (or a close semantic match) appears verbatim inside a published Google review of the business.

How to earn it

  1. Encourage customers to mention specific products/services by name in reviews.
  2. Reply to reviews to reinforce keyword associations.
  3. Run a review-acquisition cadence aimed at your top three commercial keywords.

Common for

Restaurants, Service businesses, Retail

Other justification types

Free to cite with a link back.

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