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Top Ten Ohio

How we rank Ohio businesses

Every “Best X in Y” page is generated from a weighted score. The weights are published below, the inputs are recorded in a weekly ranking snapshot, and sponsorship is never one of the inputs.

The seven factors

  1. Review quality

    Average rating, weighted to discount tiny samples and suspicious rating spikes.

    24%

  2. Review volume

    How many reviews exist relative to others in the same category and market size.

    16%

  3. Review recency

    How recently real customers have left feedback. Stale praise counts for less.

    14%

  4. Profile completeness

    Hours, services, photos, contact details, socials and description all present.

    12%

  5. Local relevance

    How strongly the business actually serves the location on the page.

    14%

  6. Verified data freshness

    When we last verified the business details against a trusted source.

    10%

  7. Editorial review

    A human pass for consistency, licensing signals, and obvious red flags.

    10%

Advertising disclosure

  • · Ads appear in fixed, predictable slots and are always labeled “Advertisement”.
  • · Premium and Pro members are visually highlighted and labeled as members.
  • · Neither buys a Top 10 position, a rank change, or a higher score.
  • · Editorial notes that affect a rank are recorded and kept by our editorial team.

What happens each week

  1. 1. Ingestion. New and updated business records arrive through a compliant Google Places import process. Visitor page views never trigger Places requests or scraping.
  2. 2. Dedupe & review. Likely duplicates are queued for a human decision before they can appear.
  3. 3. Enrichment. Missing websites and social profiles get suggested with a confidence score and require manual approval.
  4. 4. Ranking snapshot. Factors are recomputed and stored so a rank change can always be explained after the fact.
  5. 5. Page refresh. Every affected “Best X in Y” page is regenerated, its last-updated date advances, and the sitemap is rebuilt.

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