Any Effects From HW Removing "Sort By Rating"?
Just curious if anyone else has noticed an effect since HW has removed the "sort by rating" option. Currently, I only see an option to list by "lowest price first" or "our recommended first." However, after some research, I discovered that this is related to a cookie. Clearing the brower history/cookies will make the option to sort by rating appear again. What this means is that computers that have installed the cookie no longer have the ability to sort by rating. The Android HW app is unchanged, but not sure about ios.
For our hostel, we don't participate in the Elevate program and we do not pay for featured listings. Our rating is usually in the top 3-4 hostels in town at 91-92%. In addition, we're certainly not one of the cheapest hostels. Since this change, we've seen an extremely sharp dropoff in HW bookings. Some of this could be related to just coming after the major month of August, but I tend to believe that it's much harder for guests to find us now as there's no way to sort by rating, so we appear 11th by recommended and 9th by price.
Anybody else noticed this change or had any effects from it?
Cheers, Eli - The Midland Hostel
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