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Issue 4258: Google Places API Reviews, changing the sorting order?
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Status:  Acknowledged
Owner:  [email protected]


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Reported by [email protected], Jul 9, 2012
The Google Places API was recently updated to display 5 reviews from a location. 
But I noticed that these reviews are sorted by "Most Helpful" and not by "Latest". 

Could there be some consideration around displaying the reviews by "Latest"?
I think it would be incredibly helpful to know when a new review gets posted.
Or perhaps could an option be included to allow developers to select how the top 5 reviews are sorted?

I believe this would give developers the ability to then build tools that could notify the business owner of when a review was posted.
The way that the reviews are currently sorted it's not possible to identify when new reviews are posted.



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Jul 30, 2012
#1 [email protected]
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Aug 27, 2012
#2 [email protected]
It will be a great help for marketers to manage the reviews for their clients and we find the restriction in an application we are building for our client.
Sep 9, 2012
#3 [email protected]
I would love to see this option added as well. Users generally make decisions based on the most recent online reviews. 
Jan 18, 2013
#4 [email protected]
This feature is needed badly.. we can't do much with only 5 reviews.. a notification when a new review hits would be priceless....
Apr 4, 2013
#5 [email protected]
Having the ability to sort by "latest" would take this API to the next level. This modification is badly needed, please give us a status on this ASAP.
Jun 3, 2013
#6 [email protected]
+1 for this feature. I would need this urgently as well. The "5 most helpful" are not very useful at all. 

"I believe this would give developers the ability to then build tools that could notify the business owner of when a review was posted.
The way that the reviews are currently sorted it's not possible to identify when new reviews are posted."

This is absolutely true.
Jul 7, 2013
#7 [email protected]
Any news from Google on this? Is this even on their radar?
Jul 8, 2013
Project Member #8 [email protected]
It is on our to do list. Thanks!
Status: Acknowledged
Labels: Internal-9743973
Jul 19, 2013
#9 [email protected]
Any update,i just getting only 5 helpfull review.
I want to fetch all review?
Sep 5, 2013
#10 [email protected]
It's been almost two months since you've acknowledged this request. Can you please provide us with an update on this request?
Oct 4, 2013
#11 [email protected]
Pretty please :)

That would be so much more useful 
Jan 8, 2014
#12 [email protected]
bump for updates
Feb 14, 2014
#13 [email protected]
I'm also interested in an update, any news?
May 13, 2014
#14 [email protected]
It's nice to see how much google cares
May 21, 2014
#15 [email protected]
hello google? we need this!
Jul 14, 2014
#16 [email protected]
This one is badly needed. Its been a year since it was acknowledged by a project member. Could you please make this a priority.... would be really helpful.
Jul 15, 2014
#17 [email protected]
I have also the same requirement...please help its urgent???
Jan 8, 2015
#18 [email protected]
Please Google, please. We need this very much
Apr 8, 2015
#19 [email protected]
This is a badly needed feature for Google to keep up. We can drive reviews much better with this feature. Is there any update on this yet?
May 22, 2015
#20 [email protected]
Just use the same ordering options your own user interface provides. Most helpful, latest, highest score and lowest score.
Jul 28, 2015
Project Member #21 [email protected]
 Issue 8392  has been merged into this issue.
Oct 30, 2015
#22 [email protected]
Any updates on this feature?
Dec 20, 2015
#23 [email protected]
Should be able to fetch all reviews instead of just 5. I get more business when people can see that I have a lot of good reviews.  
Jan 7, 2016
#25 [email protected]
What happened to this? All we need is for the API to show the latest 5 reviews not the 5 most helpful. Is this not going to be a thing?
Feb 25, 2016
#26 [email protected]
Agreed, this would be a very simple and very helpful change. Most recent 5!
May 9, 2016
#27 [email protected]
Hi Google, has this feature been implemented yet? I've been searching for a way to change the default sort order of my reviews in the Knowledge Graph on Google search from "Most helpful" to "Most recent". This is really important because we've been working hard on improving our service and introducing new features so the most recent reviews provide people with the most accurate reflection the quality of the service we provide. Sorting the list of reviews chronologically will provide businesses with more incentive, and reward them, for providing customers with a quality service.
May 9, 2016
#28 [email protected]
Looks like it has been acknowledged about 3 years ago without an update.

Status: Acknowledged 
Labels: Internal-9743973 
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