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Animated density chart showing Google review distribution across 6 home services trades — curves wipe in left to right revealing within-trade variance
Trade Is a Weak Signal: Why Review Volume Variance Breaks Home Services Segmentation
Knowing a business is "HVAC" tells you almost nothing about fit. Across 505K accounts and 6 trades, the P90 account has 35-188x more reviews than the P10. Trade is a label, not a segment.
05 Mar 2026
Data Viz
Engineering
Animated density chart showing Google review distribution across 6 home services trades — curves wipe in left to right revealing within-trade variance
Trade Is a Weak Signal: Why Review Volume Variance Breaks Home Services Segmentation
Knowing a business is "HVAC" tells you almost nothing about fit. Across 505K accounts and 6 trades, the P90 account has 35-188x more reviews than the P10. Trade is a label, not a segment.
March 5, 2026
Data Viz
Engineering