Method
How RightForMe Professionals ranks
Every list is ranked by adjusted rating: each business's Google rating blended with 30 reviews at 4.662, so a 4.8 from a hundred reviews outranks a 5.0 from ten.
Adjusted rating
A 5.0 from five reviews and a 4.8 from four hundred are not the same evidence. A handful of reviews can land well above or below where the next fifty would, so these lists are not ranked on the average alone.
Each business's adjusted rating is its Google rating blended with 30 reviews at 4.662: (rating × reviews + 4.662 × 30) ÷ (reviews + 30). The 4.662 is the review-weighted average Google rating across the hair, beauty and wellness businesses RightForMe listed in October 2026, the figure its matching engine used then. A business with a few reviews is judged mostly on that figure; one with hundreds is judged almost entirely on its own.
| Google rating | Reviews | Adjusted rating |
|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 5 | 4.71 |
| 4.9 | 40 | 4.80 |
| 4.7 | 400 | 4.70 |
| 4.5 | 1,000 | 4.50 |
The bar is high. A 4.7 from four hundred reviews lands at 4.70, a hair under a 5.0 from five reviews. A 4.8 held across twenty reviews, or a 4.9 across ten, is enough to clear it.
Lists are ordered by adjusted rating, highest first, worked to three decimal places. Where two are equal, the business with more reviews goes first. The figure is printed beside every business, rounded to two places, so the order can be checked by hand.
What is listed
A business is listed when its Google listing has a rating from at least 3 reviews, is not marked closed, and can be placed in a city or town from its own address or map position. A business that has asked not to be listed is left out of this directory, and so is any copy of its listing. A list is only indexed and linked from the directory when it holds at least three businesses.
Where the figures come from
Ratings and review counts are Google's, as read in October 2026. Phone numbers, websites and opening hours are the ones each business lists on Google. Nothing is paid for: no business can buy a place or pay to move up, and no business is verified by RightForMe.
Removals, and problems with a listing
A business's details here come from its Google listing, so the place to change them is the listing itself. To have a listing removed, or to report a problem with one, email hello@rightforme.com.au with the page address. A removal is checked with the business first, and a confirmed one takes the listing off every page of the directory at the next update.