and as a result have never even had a review. I was out of the country for a bit though so I think that plays a major role.  

Searches will not be favorable for you for the most part as you are ranked 37th in your area. If more clientele is your goal, it doesn't seem to me you are maximizing your advertising here on TER which may mean you do not have a sound advertising/marketing plan in general.

In general though, I personally place much more emphasis on more current reviews than older ones. I think most guys do, but the problem is that your profile may not even make it before enough guys, which gets back to you needing an even better advertising plan to make up for the lower ranking you have.

me and my wife pay more attention to what people say than we do the ratings, our main things are ...are the pictures really her, is she nice, does she deliver what she advertises and weather or not she has bad reviews such as grab and runs no shows,bait and switch etc, numbers actually mean nothing to us.....because one persons 8= really hot might be someone elses 6 or 7, we think the whole rating system should be reworked.

screen out "outlier" reviews with ease, and know to weight more recent reviews higher than older ones. If we can't explain a pattern, we'll likely ask previous reviewers or even ask you directly.  

You may be missed by some guys who search only for women with 8/8 or 9/9 scores and up. I search at 7/7 and up (plus my own "deal-breakers" in terms of services/menu).

You may be missed by those who need an ego boost and will only see the top ranked 1 or 10 providers for an area. I don't need that "validation", so I don't personally give a damn where someone is "ranked".

If I find you through an ad or post or anywhere else... all roads lead to your reviews, and thus my first statements apply - we can interpret your reviews with sensible ease and ask questions if we need in order to "know" you and choose.  

I choose women I am attracted to for whatever reason (and sometimes I don't even know what that reason may be) and while I'll check reviews they often have little bearing on my choices. I can definitely say that I have NEVER been attracted to a woman simply based upon a review.  

As you said - Happy clients tell happy tales and bring referral business.  

I'd say you have no worries.

I should've started this thread lol. I'm also massage to GFE.

Prior to becoming a companion, and not just a masseuse, I really didn't care about the reviews. Most reviewers seemed to see FS girls primarily so they weren't my target market. Business was good to great most months, and I did massages only for about 3+ years. In all of that time I believe I garnered just 10 reviews. My current performance average is about a 7.

Recently, just in the past few months, I've added GFE to my menu, and my business has gone from great to like really great lol. But my reviews don't reflect that at all. Actually, I think my reviews give the impression that business is terrible for me, and perhaps that I'm terrible at it. I also feel that others believe that my rates are too high for someone with my limited number of reviews, and my relatively low scores. Obviously I don't agree, and my rates work very well for me lol, but it sucks knowing that so many people don't think I'm worth it because of my scores.  

So I've decided I would like to have more reviews, although honestly, I don't know how important they are other than to verify that I'm real. I've been participating more on the boards, I'm even attending my first Meet and Greet in Atlanta. I mention how sweet it would be to receive a review on my website. So I'm hoping the reviews will come.. if not, well, I think that's ok too

...then my interest is not diminished at all before starting to read reviews.

If the ave is betwen 7-8, then I want to understand why it's a little low.  Reviews for massage services would certainly quickly explain that.  I also look at the review history of guys who scored on the low side.

If the average is UNDER 7, then I might just move on if it's based on a large number of reviews.  But if I really liked her photos, etc., and her ave was based on a small number of reviews then I'll read them and look at the reviewers' histories.

Reading reviews is criitical - but the summary opinion of all other guys, as expressed in her ave score, certainly is a valid indicator of service too, especially in the lower end of scores.  In the 8-10 range I don't think the difference means nearly as much though, as service will be fairly reliably good in this range, so it becomes more a matter of fit for more specific things and personality, gleaned from reading reviews.

I most closely relate to MZ's sentiment above.  I can tell you as somewhat of a newbie, I have read hundreds of reviews in the past 30-40 days.  Here are some random thoughts that come to mind when I'm researching via reviews:

Guys are shitty at writing these things, me included.  They tell me what I need to know from a safety standpoint and that's most important, but I can't tell you how many times I've been reading a review and I roll my eyes at the way we write this crap.  I sometimes find myself judging the author more than the providers who the review is about.  The story is always the same...  Met with a kiss, clothes came off, bbbj, had to stop her before I popped, on goes the hat, (insert alphabet positions here), (insert I had to have her in my favorite position here), I blew my load in the bag 5 mins later cleaned up hugged, and was outta there.  Occasionally I run into guys I can just tell know how to have a good time fucking AND write a hot review.  Instead of rolling my eyes reading about "Mr. Happy", I get a hard on.  Those reviews are gold but I digress.

More current reviews carry more weight than older ones.  For some girls, if you read from the beginning, you can really get a feel for her evolution in the business over time.

Consistency from review to review is important.  It helps paint a picture of her personality.

I always like to check out the "outliers" first, but I generally throw those out from an "analysis" standpoint.   What I mean here is if for example a girl has consistent 8/8's with a 9 and a 7 here and there and then there's one 10/10 and one 6/5, I read those first to see what they say and then I throw them out and read the rest to get a better picture.  

Kind of like what I said above, right or wrong, I 'll often assume something was going on with the dude giving the unusually low score that put the provider off her usual game (hygiene, attitude, awkwardness, etc.).  Also, right or wrong, I'll assume the one guy who gives a consistent 7-8 girl a 10/10 was basically a virgin who hasn't had much quality pussy in his life.

For the A game girls with lots of 10/10's, 9/10's, 9/9's, etc., I'm just looking to weed through all the mundane shit to see if I can find something that might set her apart for me from the other A game providers at that price level (something like she likes greek, has a little dirty streak, something unusual).

Anyway, sorry for the dissertation folks, but these are just some of the thought's that run through me after having read lots and lots of reviews lately.

Base on the fact that, individual experience differ. Never read the detail either. Mainly look at reviews to decide whether someone is legit or not and that’s about it.
That being said, many are stuck on the numbers game!

everything! They let me know if the lady is who she says she is, if she is honest, if drama seems to follow her, if she allows activities that make me happy, if she shows up on time, if she shows up at all, her professionalism, and many other things. This is the one single place that let's me decide quickly, whether to move on or send an intro.  

However, I have to admit that I'm fairly new here. One of the things that is learned over time is about the gentlemen who write them, and the numbers they give. After careful study, one knows which gentlemen to trust. One also figures out with which gentlemen one has commonalities. After even more time, one reaches out to those gentlemen with commonalities. Once a rapport is established, one can expand on the details of any given review. It's quite a little science. We don't just wake up with a hard on, and call the first lady available. Well, some of us don't.

and also it is very important to look at the reviewer's history to see if he is a very strict or lenient reviewer.

I'm much more interested in reading about how the session went and if there were problems, what the cause of the problem was.  Often the reviewer unknowingly reveals himself to be the problem because he had some agenda that was not in line with the provider and which I would not be interested in.

I often see massage gals who by TER rules can not get more than a 7, but their overall performance in terms of my enjoyment often makes them a 9 or even a 10 in my estimation.

not too important to me either, at least as far as the dirty details go. I rely heavily on her personal website, which is where I hope to gather the most info about her-photos, clientele info, latest prices, etc.

None of us is likely to get all the information we want about a potential partner before hooking up. And I think most adults recognize this. But you try to get as much as you reasonably can.  And yes the scores may be one (albeit small) piece of the  total information you find helpful.  

And even that is an elastic concept.  I suspect the vast majority of clients simply won't even read the text of reviews for a provider who has a raft of 4s; I  know I  wouldn't bother whereas others might see a negotiating opportunity.  However I know that on occasion I've read a few such reviews for the entertainment value or (if the lady's pics were inviting) just to understand whether it was a bait and switch or something else.   But if she had lots of 7s and 8s or higher and one or two 5s I  might dig further.  I have also found  myself passing over ladies who have 3 pages of all 10s (although not that often ).  And over the last couple of years I've found that I  have gotten so discriminating that I  won't even read reviews if the scores average below 7.5 over a reasonably robust sample size.

All of which is to say that the scores matter but not always in the ways we think.  Just like on Yelp you might read further to better understand the basis for the number of stars if it's a place you really want to try. But if you had only a passing interests a bunch of one star ratings might be enough for you to not look any closer.  

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They are drama magnets tainted beyond the point of meaning anything. I read the review it's self. I still take even the text with a grain of salt, unless I know the reviewer is a straight shooter.

Sonja,

I wanted to see you here and there in your massage days, often with V, but I just procrastinated too much, was too busy, too lazy, or whatever. Now I'm just too poor lol. Even though several friends recommend the new GFE-Sonja highly, unfortunately a few other ladies are ahead of you on my ever changing list.

Re your questions, I read the reviews and often PM anyone I know who has seen the lady in question as well as some recent reviewers. The #s themselves are not a factor for me except in rare instances. I do have to like at least one picture of her somewhere. Could just be a smile, hair, or even her clothes so it goes way beyond her breast size lol.

Honestly, I really liked what Master Zen said and I'm just repeating things already said.

Hope to see you #1 on my list with all the stars aligned one day

This was all very helpful for me and I am sure many others! I hear you, and I appreciate you sharing your thoughts. I have not wanted to worry too much about it and I'm glad I haven't. I will however be working on an actual website as a result of this thread - I have not done so yet because I'm getting by fine without it but dang if that wouldn't attract all the thoughtful gents and help us match to each other even more perfectly.  

Have a great weekend!  

xo
Sonja

to see you if our schedules were compatable.