Creating fake reviews might seem like a great way to boost your business's local profile, but the consequences far outweigh the benefits. After all, you're not just violating Google's guidelines - you're breaking the law.
Hey Google, If you’re reading this, you already know that fake reviews on Google have been a hot topic lately — and it appears the problem is getting a lot worse, resulting in a huge headache for small business owners.…
If you’re a small business owner who actively gets reviews, it’s likely that you’ve ran into a case where some of your reviews on your Google My Business listing randomly vanished. Google has an active algorithmic filter in place to…
Another Google City Expert shared this article about how a restaurant in Richmond, CA started a "Hate us on Yelp" campaign where they decided to offer incentives for users to leave them negative reviews on Yelp.  At first, I thought the business…
One of the most common questions I run into at the Google & Your Business Forum (Google Places Forum) is people wanting to know why their reviews got filtered. The first step to figuring that out is to track down…
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