Re:UK businesses caught buying five-star Google reviews
by rfrey on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @10:44PM
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Seems to me that if reputation firms are buying reviews and their effect is "short lived"... then those reviews are getting removed.
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Re:UK businesses caught buying five-star Google reviews
by throwaway_1301 on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @12:03AM
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I thought the part about "only internal systems" would imply that external parties can not remove reviews. But if not then let me clarify, yes there are anti-abuse mechanisms that can remove reviews. But these are not based on customer complaints or how much they are paying Google for ads, they are based on Googles own internal policies which are designed to make sure the reviews are legitimate.