tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664522680593538227.post9081373781657919125..comments2023-09-13T22:49:41.796+01:00Comments on GWR Boardroom Blog: What the public think of usGWR Board Room Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14103985393107188480noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664522680593538227.post-87322174055543622142013-06-18T19:53:27.821+01:002013-06-18T19:53:27.821+01:00Just to add a little more context to the current r...Just to add a little more context to the current rating, Thats #33 out of 168 attractions. (moved up two places as of 18/06/13). James's Viewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091351461745821001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664522680593538227.post-11413904741259111612013-06-15T09:38:20.049+01:002013-06-15T09:38:20.049+01:00According to a discussion site I read about the Tr...According to a discussion site I read about the TripAdvisor Popularity Index, there are three key things that factor into the index;<br />• the number of reviews<br />• how favourable the reviews are<br />• how old or recent the reviews are<br /><br />Also, reviews depreciate over time so an older review, good or bad, does not factor in as much as a newer one. It's not just a simple mathematical average of all the review’s ratings.<br /><br />So the important thing, in addition to getting good reviews about the railway, is getting lots of reviews. If we can get the ability to input a TripAdvisor Review onto the GWSR website Homepage the number of reviews will increase. <br />Philip Moorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664522680593538227.post-50468256402179919722013-06-11T20:26:52.242+01:002013-06-11T20:26:52.242+01:00I can understand why we might be behind the birds ...I can understand why we might be behind the birds of prey centre and the paintballing centre (both places I have been known to go), but 35th!? surely we are better that that! mind you, all these ranking sites always put things in a different order, it is very subjective, certainly my favourite place to go of a weekend, off to C+W at winchcombe for the morning!Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664522680593538227.post-15189979365793708122013-06-11T09:59:00.096+01:002013-06-11T09:59:00.096+01:00And the same TripAdvisor ranks us as the 35th (yes...And the same TripAdvisor ranks us as the 35th (yes, 35th) most popular tourist attraction in Gloucestershire, so there's lots to do if the ranking means anything. Do we know, for instance, why the most popular attraction is the International Centre for Birds of Prey at Newent, or North Bristol Delta Force Paintball at Thornbury is fourth on the list? Or, for that matter, Blackfriars in Gloucester, with one 4 star review, is bottom of the list (of those that have been reviewed)? Perhaps we need to encourage reviews - we aren't allowed to write reviews of a place we work at ourselves.<br /><br />Robert GoundryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5664522680593538227.post-10887670988990377282013-06-10T15:33:12.872+01:002013-06-10T15:33:12.872+01:00Yes, it can go on like this - if everyone on the R...Yes, it can go on like this - if everyone on the Railway stays positive, optimistic and determined to make it even bigger and better. Count me in.Dave Bnoreply@blogger.com