Ranking Score Explained

Hey, thanks for your interest in how we calculate an experience's ranking score. It's at the core of Rankers so I'm pleased you're curious.

The ranking score percentage is used to compare and sort experiences in ranking tables. It is not necessarily a direct measurement of the quality of a particular experience as rated by its customers. I've found it a useful tool to allow me to find the best experiences with confidence. But I've also found it important to read the customer reviews before making any final judgements!

We calculate an experience's ranking score using a multi-factor data model instead of a raw data average (mean). This model takes into account several important questions. For instance - is there a trusted body of reviews? What is the age of a review and is the review from a credible source?

Below you'll find details around some of the important factors that went into calculating the ranking score for Port Motueka Beach Reserve.

If you have any questions or comments about our ranking score calculation please get in touch at info@rankers.co.nz. We don't believe this is perfect or complete so we're always interested in ways we might make improvements.

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Port Motueka Beach Reserve

Valid Reviews

92 Valid Reviews

The Port Motueka Beach Reserve experience has a total of 97 reviews. There are 92 valid reviews that are included when calculating the ranking score and 5 invalid reviews that are excluded from the calculation. Reviews can be excluded only when a reviewer is not verified or after an investigation by our team determines the reviewer is not genuine.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 92 valid reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 25
27%
9/10 18
20%
8/10 24
26%
7/10 9
10%
6/10 7
8%
5/10 2
2%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 1
1%
2/10 1
1%
1/10 5
5%

79.24% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Port Motueka Beach Reserve valid reviews is 79.24% and is based on 92 valid reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here as a comparison to the weighted average.

Face-to-Face Reviews

9 Face-to-Face Reviews

The Rankers team meets with travellers while they’re in New Zealand and conducts face-to-face surveys. These reviews, in our opinion, are the most trusted in the industry and represent a critical control sample. To our knowledge, we are the only travel review website in the world that has gone to this extent.

More about face-to-face reviews

Within the 92 valid reviews, the experience has 9 face-to-face reviews collected during interviews by our team.

Below is the distribution of ratings for the 9 face-to-face reviews:

Rating Count Percentage
10/10 1
11%
9/10 2
22%
8/10 2
22%
7/10 1
11%
6/10 3
33%
5/10 0
0%
4/10 0
0%
3/10 0
0%
2/10 0
0%
1/10 0
0%

76.67% Average

The raw data average (mean) for all the Port Motueka Beach Reserve face-to-face reviews is 76.67% and is based on 9 face-to-face reviews. This value is not used to calculate the ranking score and it only provided here for comparison purposes.

Weighted Average

88.58%

Rankers calculates a weighted mean as a base average on which we can improve. Individual review's ratings are given a weight based on several factors. The weight of a review determines the overall impact it'll have on the final weighted average.

Recent reviews have more weight as they are more relevant and reflect the experience as it currently operates. Over time reviews become less relevant and loose their impact on the ranking score.

Low rating reviews carry slightly less weight. This dampens the effect of very low ratings for every experience across the board. This is especially important when the experience has few reviews overall and a single negative rating can grossly mischaracterise an experience. Consistent poor reviews will still result in the experience receiving a comparitively low ranking score.

Credible sources provide reviews that can be trusted. If we have verified a reviewer is genuine via a face-to-face meeting then the review carries additional weight.

Reviewer Rating Age Relative Weight
Nancy Campbell 8/10 10 days 100%
Mike Fricker 10/10 194 days 100%
Sabrina K 10/10 224 days 99%
Jorian 9/10 255 days 97%
Pauline 10/10 284 days 97%
Ann 10/10 284 days 97%
Britta 8/10 284 days 95%
Eva 1/10 315 days 39%
Sam H 10/10 346 days 95%
Nina 10/10 376 days 94%
Cholly 9/10 407 days 91%
Marie Perret 10/10 437 days 91%
Henry 7/10 468 days 83%
Christa 9/10 529 days 85%
Zuzana 10/10 529 days 86%
Matthew 9/10 529 days 85%
Basil 9/10 560 days 83%
Dani 8/10 590 days 80%
Julierose19 10/10 621 days 80%
Chantel 9/10 621 days 79%
Willow 10/10 649 days 77%
Alex 8/10 680 days 74%
Blandine 8/10 680 days 74%
Lara 8/10 772 days 66%
Har 6/10 986 days 40%
Alanna 10/10 1014 days 43%
AC 9/10 1045 days 40%
Jenna 8/10 1106 days 34%
Soul 10/10 1137 days 33%
La Vie 1/10 1351 days 7%
Britt 7/10 1379 days 15%
Kathryn 10/10 1379 days 17%
Leon 10/10 1379 days 17%
Rebecca 10/10 1471 days 12%
Felix 8/10 1563 days 9%
Katie 1/10 1594 days 3%
Ian & Wendy 2/10 1745 days 2%
Lærke 10/10 1745 days 5%
JACKIE EHRHARDT 9/10 1807 days 5%
Ritravel 9/10 1837 days 5%
Lua 10/10 1837 days 5%
Piluki 9/10 1868 days 5%
Benjamin Wegenstein 7/10 1868 days 5%
Geoff Walker 9/10 1868 days 5%
Ambs 9/10 1898 days 5%
Becca 8/10 1990 days 5%
Andy and Julia 10/10 2050 days 5%
Lena 10/10 2141 days 4%
Ymke Huisman 10/10 2172 days 4%
Mike Fricker 10/10 2233 days 4%
Harriet Kelly 1/10 2233 days 2%
Lance 5/10 2233 days 3%
Stephen Lindsay 8/10 2386 days 4%
Mike 8/10 2416 days 4%
Nathalie 1/10 2447 days 2%
Jean 8/10 2447 days 4%
Mallory 8/10 2447 days 4%
The Farrs 6/10 2447 days 3%
S Weslake 6/10 2447 days 3%
Oceane Imber 10/10 2501 days 4%
Axel Kite 7/10 2512 days 3%
Michael Pitman 9/10 2519 days 4%
Silvia 8/10 2543 days 4%
Rogier Kavelaars 8/10 2553 days 4%
Vander Plancke Julien 10/10 2559 days 4%
Jacki Janetzki 5/10 2598 days 3%
Jo Dawson 8/10 2700 days 3%
Grace White 3/10 2768 days 2%
Duncan 7/10 2791 days 3%
deborah cooper 7/10 2811 days 3%
Johanna Dorner 8/10 2826 days 3%
Rogina de Jong 9/10 2861 days 3%
Trent O'Keeffe 8/10 2861 days 3%
Irene 8/10 3145 days 2%
Marina 8/10 3203 days 2%
Ron Web 10/10 3298 days 2%
Kate Voss 9/10 3458 days 2%
Sarrob Sarrob 7/10 3543 days 2%
Manuela 9/10 3629 days 1%
Alexandre Moleiro 8/10 3632 days 1%
Benoit Fricaudet 9/10 3641 days 1%
Moudry Vojtech 10/10 3648 days 1%
rachaelandryan 9/10 3693 days 1%
Daniel Jarrett 6/10 3723 days 1%
Mike Fricker 8/10 3877 days 1%
Garry Renton 6/10 3884 days 0%
Susan 8/10 3933 days 0%
Dan Lawson 6/10 3948 days 0%
Sina Sacranie 6/10 3948 days 0%
Kellie 7/10 3972 days 0%
K S 7/10 4273 days 0%
Aurelie Morin 8/10 4354 days 0%

Adjustments

No Adjustment

Several adjustments to the weighted average may be added to improve relevancy and credibility. Port Motueka Beach Reserve does not meet the criteria for any of these adjustments to apply.

Balancing Adjustment

1.20% Adjustment

Every experience's review score is adjusted to balance out the disproportional number of negative reviews that are contributed.

You won't be surprised to learn that disgruntled folk are more likely to leave a review than happy ones. They are motivated to share their experience and warn others. We consider this a good thing and it's why reading the reviews is important. However we've learned it can misrepresent the experience in a more overall sense.

We apply a balancing adjustment to counteract this effect and ensure the ranking score is a more fair representation of the experience. This adjustment is applied equally to all experiences.

Final Ranking Score

90%

The final ranking score once any adjustments, ratings, and rounding has been applied. This value is recalculated each day and a short rolling average is applied. Therefore it may not be precisely accurate based on the other values presented.