Ranking Methodology for Australia
PetCareMatch uses practical sorting signals to help users compare Australian pet care listings before contacting providers directly. Sorting is not a guarantee of service quality, clinical outcome, price or availability.
Public-source verification
Listings may be reviewed against public sources such as business websites, public registration information and owner-submitted updates.
Australian registration signals
For Australian listings, default sorting may consider ABN status and available ACN information where those details are present in the listing data.
Completeness and relevance
Contact details, map links, address information, opening hours and service or product relevance can help a listing appear more useful for comparison.
Emergency availability
Emergency-vet pages may consider emergency availability and after-hours signals where applicable. Users should always contact providers directly in urgent situations.
Rating and review signals
Available rating and review-count information may be used only as auxiliary reference signals. Listings are not ranked simply by Google rating.
Manual review and data quality
Listings marked for manual review or lower data quality are not prioritised unless there are limited matching results.
Featured or sponsored listings do not currently affect natural sorting. If they are introduced later, they will be clearly labelled and shown separately from natural ranking.