4eck Media: Are we the highest-rated agency in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern?
It has always been my wish to write a post here on the blog as a tribute to my team for our 100th Google review. My team and I are honestly filled with pride about the results we are able to deliver for our clients every day, as well as the quality of our customer relationships overall. Four days ago, we broke through this magical barrier. In my intense focus on our projects, I simply overlooked it. Today, with review number 101, I am making it up. Wow: over 100 Google reviews. What a journey we have taken to reach this milestone. The first review came almost exactly ten years ago. Here in the screenshot, you can see it: our oldest and our newest Google review:
Of the 101 reviews, only one does not award us 5 stars. It is still online today. Unlike some other companies, we do not delete reviews, as there has been no reason to do so. Our goal is to always deliver more to our customers than we promise. And we have been doing that for over ten years. Good work over the long haul cannot be faked. It is a daily marathon. Our recipe for success: focus and discipline. That is how we make it. This is part of our corporate identity. Who is the best agency in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern? May I pose the question in the digital space: Is 4eck Media the highest-rated agency in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern? Yes, it seems so. However, we are not the best agency in our areas of expertise, at least not alone. Other agencies are also doing a good job here in the state. What we are really good at is probably coaxing some nice feedback from our customers. I once asked Gemini in deep research mode who is the best agency in M-V according to Google reviews. We didn’t even show up. Too bad…
But the quality of the responses is still questionable: Place 1 doesn’t come from M-V at all, but from Hamburg. The website operator has created several location-based landing pages and linked them in the footer. The Rostock page ensures first place on Gemini.
Also, second place doesn’t really fit into the agency sector because it’s a tourism provider. Only third place actually comes from M-V and has 17 reviews and a score of 4.5. With ChatGPT, the result looked better.
What’s interesting about this result is that ChatGPT apparently does not pull live data from our Google business profile, even though the prompt explicitly mentioned the Google reviews. Make me a list of the highest-rated agencies in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. A high score and a large number of Google reviews are especially important. He takes the data from Feedbax, an agency directory that has automated the creation of profiles for all agencies. Our entry is listed among the e-commerce agencies with 96 reviews.
A lesson from this is that for agencies, it is worthwhile to take over the profile and regularly update it with their own data, as AI systems apparently actively search for such directories and use the information for their evaluations. This applies not only to agencies but also to other companies that should ideally take over and maintain their profiles in their specific industry directories. The two positions behind us at ChatGPT are occupied by agencies that also do not have a location in M-V, but like Gemini, the top agency simply has location-based landing pages on their website focused on our region. Position 2: an agency with about ten people, four locations (none of them in M-V), and a proud 52 Google reviews:
Place 3 has at least 24 Google reviews (5.0) and is located in Munich:
There is also a learning here, namely that location-based landing pages are worthwhile for all industries to achieve better placement in the context of AI optimization. We have already done the same for a client’s corporate website as well as for an online shop… not as blunt as our agency colleagues, who at first glance pretend to be a local agency, but a bit more charming in client interaction. As we can see, it is not just about the number of reviews. Many companies do a lot of things right, and we also enjoy learning and taking impulses from our market peers about what works for them, to adapt it for ourselves and our clients. And now? We simply continue. With a clear head, firm values, and the joy of building something good every day for the people and businesses that rely on us. 100 reviews are a nice milestone, but they are not a goal. They are just one of many proofs that attitude, skill, and reliability become visible over time. So if you are looking for an agency that is not only well-rated but also listens well, thinks along, and delivers – you know where to find us. In Waren (Müritz). Or here with a click. Thanks to everyone who has accompanied us on this journey: whether with an order, a recommendation, or a nice 5-star review on Google. We read every line. And we look forward to the clients with whose project success we can create the foundation for the next hundred reviews.
