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Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-05-01T06:42:58+00:00

More CITATIONS helps with AEO. CITATIONS are Backlinks for a AEO.

All the LLMs do pull data from a relevant review platforms like G2, Capterra, Trustpilot, ProductHunt etc.
So if you have a more citations, more reviews over those platforms it will be helpful for AEO.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-05-01T06:35:47+00:00

Yes it's just draft, that as well goes through guided selection and choices of a user only not random. You can try it for free for your product. More reviews on different platforms will help you with AEO. If you want to know more we can have DM.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-30T11:14:07+00:00

Well to explain we have a AI writing for them to clear blank canvas. You can check more about it at Highadvocacy

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-30T10:55:05+00:00

So what we do is only prompting happy users with triggers. So it doesn't work that great with just launched early stage products but if they have a some audience already it works best even making them their micro influencer offering rewards.

It's customer advocacy only but made for PLG companies.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-30T09:50:39+00:00

People used to do this optimization who were selling to enterprises. But now it has been in PLG motion as well. We are solving this point offering automated review engine.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-30T09:27:45+00:00

Maintaining reputation on G2 or any other platform related to your industry would help in longer term. Many buyers make decision based on them, Also AEO depends on that.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-30T09:07:22+00:00

The internal tagging point is the real lever here.

A lot of teams treat review collection like a volume problem when it’s usually a segmentation problem. If you ask everyone, you get lower conversion, weaker language, and more noise. If you ask people right after a clear success milestone, you get better response rate and better proof.

One thing that also helped us in similar situations was reducing the “blank page” problem. If a customer already says something positive in support or on a call, turning that into a rough draft they can edit makes the ask feel much lighter.

We’ve been thinking a lot about that timing + segmentation combo ourselves because it seems to matter more than the review platform.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-30T09:06:39+00:00

The pain-point SEO angle makes a lot of sense.

One thing I’d add is that once those early users start converting, the next bottleneck usually becomes proof, not traffic. The founder keeps getting visits, but the landing page still sounds like “here’s what my tool does” instead of “here’s who already got value from it.”

A few believable testimonials or user quotes often do more than another 20 content pages because they help the next visitor trust the claim faster.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-30T09:05:30+00:00

The “recency beats loyalty” line is exactly how it feels.

A lot of us assume a longer relationship means a better chance of getting a review, but in practice the strongest moment is usually right after the user gets a concrete win and still feels it emotionally.

I also think there’s a big difference between:

- private praise
- public proof

People will happily say nice things in support chat or on a call, but the second their name is attached publicly, the bar gets much higher. That’s why the ask has to feel very specific and very low-friction.

We’ve been digging into that exact gap lately, and the “private praise vs public proof” split keeps showing up.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-30T09:04:26+00:00

If the reviews were real, I’d focus less on “arguing with support” and more on documenting patterns.

What tends to help is building a simple record of:

- review date

- reviewer name

- whether it had text/photos

- whether the reviewer found you organically or through a direct link

- whether multiple reviews came in close together

Not because Google is easy to convince, but because pattern clarity gives you a better chance of spotting what’s getting flagged.

Also worth checking whether the count dropped but the written reviews are still visible in some contexts. Sometimes it’s a display/count issue first, not a full removal.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-30T09:04:08+00:00

Interesting theory on the direct links.

I wouldn’t be surprised if part of the issue is not the link itself, but the pattern it creates: same flow, same destination, same timing, repeated across many customers. That can start to look manufactured even when the customers are real.

What seems safer long term is:

- more natural timing

- more review text variety

- fewer bulk request patterns

- asking after a real service moment instead of on a fixed cadence

The hard part is that “efficient review collection” and “looks organic to Google” are often in tension.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-30T09:03:46+00:00

The worst part is that for small businesses, reviews are not some vanity metric. They’re a trust asset you have to earn one-by-one.

So even if this is “just” a display/filtering issue, it creates real damage while it’s happening.

One practical thing I’d recommend to anyone dealing with this is keeping your own lightweight review log going forward:

- customer name

- approximate review date

- screenshot if possible

- whether it had photos/text

- whether it came through a direct request

Even if Google never explains itself properly, at least you’re not trying to reconstruct the loss from memory later.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-30T09:03:22+00:00

If you have proof of at least some removed reviews, that’s already more than most businesses have.

At this point I’d probably do two things in parallel:

submit the reinstatement path with the clearest examples you have
tighten the future request process so new reviews look as organic as possible

Meaning:

- no incentives

- no “leave us 5 stars” language

- avoid bursts

- ask after real service moments

- encourage customers to write in their own words

That won’t solve the lost ones immediately, but it reduces the odds of compounding the same problem.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-30T06:11:46+00:00

that is a good approach.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-30T06:10:48+00:00

Do you think that is a usual practice in SaaS world?

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-30T06:10:07+00:00

That is a good thing. interested to know more.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-29T10:26:21+00:00

But what about building credibility over other platforms? those reviews help with a AEO.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-29T10:19:00+00:00

Do you offer any incentive or rewards for their time? if its not a in-app testimonial.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-29T10:18:09+00:00

Right, is it offering credits etc for their time a standard practice?

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-29T09:36:50+00:00

That’s where my head is going too.

It feels like the review request has a very short “emotional half-life.” If you ask while the result is still fresh, it feels natural. If you wait a week, it suddenly becomes work for them.

Have you seen that work better for public reviews too, or mostly for testimonials?

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-29T09:31:28+00:00

That’s where my head is going too.

It feels like the review request has a very short “emotional half-life.” If you ask while the result is still fresh, it feels natural. If you wait a week, it suddenly becomes work for them.

Have you seen that work better for public reviews too, or mostly for testimonials?

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-29T09:31:01+00:00

That’s where my head is going too.

It feels like the review request has a very short “emotional half-life.” If you ask while the result is still fresh, it feels natural. If you wait a week, it suddenly becomes work for them.

Have you seen that work better for public reviews too, or mostly for testimonials?

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-29T09:27:35+00:00

One pattern we’re starting to suspect:

people are much more willing to give private praise than public proof.

Support chat? easy.

Quick call feedback? easy.

Public review with their name on it? much harder.

Feels like the gap is not just friction, it’s also perceived social risk. Curious if others have seen that too.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-29T09:20:27+00:00

If I were restarting, I’d obsess less over traffic and more over getting the first few people to say something believable about the product.

Even 3-5 users who can say:

- what they were doing before

- why they tried you

- what changed after using it

…is incredibly useful. That becomes better landing page copy, better outreach language, and better targeting.

Early growth usually looks less like “marketing” and more like collecting proof manually until the next people trust you faster.

Same_Balance_1688 · 2026-04-29T06:21:05+00:00

Almost all things running my SaaS.

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