Anonymized example · Restaurants · Yelp
Restaurant group: Yelp Recommended score after a filter wipe
Yelp’s Recommended filter had parked most of a busy month’s reviews. The star rating only counted the thin Recommended set. A slow Yelp package rebuilt Recommended volume.
Started
3.0 Recommended
Ended
4.3 Recommended
Timeframe
14 weeks
Region
US coastal city
The situation
The kitchen was busy. Guests were leaving reviews. Yelp still showed 3.0 because the Recommended layer was a dozen old notes. A burst campaign would have been filtered again.
What the campaign did
- Bought Yelp reviews on a slow drip — unique copy, meal-level detail, no identical templates.
- 30-day replacements if a review did not stay Recommended.
- Owners replied on every Recommended review so the page did not look untended.
What moved
Recommended rating moved from 3.0 to 4.3. Filtered reviews still sat at the bottom of the page; they never counted. The lesson was pace, not volume-in-a-weekend.
Volume went from 12 Recommended / 40 filtered to 61 Recommended. Names are withheld — this is an industry-shaped example, not a named client testimonial.
FAQ
Yes. Packages are sold with that filter in mind — paced delivery, unique copy, replacements if a review does not stay Recommended.