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13.8 hotreddit What’s the best review management software for small businesses in 2026? Anyone tried Reviewly AI? (opens in new tab)
So I’ve been searching for a review management tool for my small biz lately which uk can reply to google reviews, help any user if he has had any problem, etc. Tried a couple of them but honestly, mos…
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13.4 hotreddit Host in Theth (Albania) took cash, listed fake amenities (no AC/fan), constant power outage, marked "No-Show", left abusive reply on my review on Google. How to escalate? (opens in new tab)
Looking for advice on how to get past Booking.com's automated system for potential partner commission fraud, fake listing details, host abuse, and safety hazards. **Cash & "No-Show" Scam:** The host …
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13.2 hotreddit Google Review Disappearing (opens in new tab)
I have a new business as an acupuncture physician/integrative medicine. Google is taking away nearly every single review I have had. I had 18 and only 4 remain. I got a canned response email. I don't …
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12 warmreddit How do you stay calm when dealing with aggressive or unreasonable customers instead of matching their energy? (opens in new tab)
I help manage a service-based business and one area I know I need to improve is how I handle customer disputes. Earlier today I had a difficult interaction with a customer. Looking back at it afterwa…
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12 warmreddit Why does it feel like some people live in a parallel universe? (opens in new tab)
Came across the subreddit /singularity the other days and many commented that they had 20+ years of experience and hadn’t written one single line of code since 2025. I feel living in a parallel unive…
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12 warmreddit Looking to hire a local SEO expert — what should they actually be doing? (opens in new tab)
I'm looking to hire someone to help improve our local SEO. I've tried finding people on Upwork, but most of the responses I've received seem to focus almost entirely on managing our Google Business Pr…
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12 warmreddit Please need help: Got an FIR/legal case after leaving a Genuine Google review about a clinic.Asking me to pay fine. (opens in new tab)
**I left a 1-star Google review based on my genuine experience with an orthodontist in Hsr Layout,Bangalore.** **Well, I’ll tell you in short, I came for a small problem to consult him and later he s…
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11.9 warmreddit Under attack with fake 1 star reviews - how to proceed (opens in new tab)
My business has been under attack with fake reviews since yesterday. I received 15 1-star reviews within 12 hours (before that, I had less than 25 reviews accumulated over a year). Note that 15 review…
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11.8 warmreddit Software Recommendations for a Small Accountancy Practice UK (opens in new tab)
Hi everyone, I’d be interested to know what software other small accountancy practices are using when they only have a few clients. I have looked at IRIS, but it seems quite expensive at this stage.…
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11.6 warmreddit Software Recommendations for a Small Accountancy Practice UK (opens in new tab)
Hi everyone, I’d be interested to know what software other small accountancy practices are using when they only have a few clients. I have looked at IRIS, but it seems quite expensive at this stage.…
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11.4 warmreddit Software Recommendations for a Small Accountancy Practice (opens in new tab)
Hi everyone, I’d be interested to know what software other small accountancy practices are using when they only have a few clients. I have looked at IRIS, but it seems quite expensive at this stage.…
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11.2 warmreddit Hiring a Local SEO specialist — what vetting questions, red flags, and KPI timelines should I look for? (opens in new tab)
Hey everyone, I’m looking to hire a freelancer to take over and optimize my Google Business Profile with the goal of improving Google Maps visibility and driving actual local leads/calls. I know the…
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11.1 warmreddit What’s the best way to get more Google reviews for a new business? (opens in new tab)
I understand that the right approach is to ask genuine customers for honest feedback, and that’s what I want to focus on. The challenge is that a new business with very few reviews can sometimes seem …
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11 warmreddit Software Recommendations for a Small Accountancy Practice (opens in new tab)
Hi everyone, I’d be interested to know what software other small accountancy practices are using when they only have a few clients. I have looked at IRIS, but it seems quite expensive at this stage.…
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11 warmreddit Whats the best way to get customers to actually leave a Google review? (opens in new tab)
Everytime when we ask them they say ok, will do it. But conversation rate is hardly 1-2%. Whats the best way to get more customers leave reviews?
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11 warmreddit Does Responding to Google Reviews Improve Local SEO? (opens in new tab)
This question comes up frequently when we audit Google Business Profiles: **“Do review responses actually improve rankings, or are they just good customer service?”** The honest answer is: **Respon…
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10.9 warmreddit NO NEW REVIEWS (opens in new tab)
have a restaurant in a busy hot tourist zone , since last 1 week no new reviews being added , we checked with customers , they are giving reviews but all of sudden it’s not being post , it’s now 7 day…
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10.1 warmreddit Google Business Reviews Getting Flagged & Removed for Our PH Based Operations. Anyone Else Experiencing This? (opens in new tab)
Hey everyone, I’m hoping someone here can shed some light on an issue my family’s been dealing with for years. Their business operates in both Australia and the Philippines. They maintain a Goog…
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10 warmreddit Looking for a tool to manage multiple Google Business Profiles (opens in new tab)
I manage Google Business Profiles for several small business clients and I'm looking for a tool that can simplify the day-to-day management. Ideally, I want something that allows me to manage profile…
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9.9reddit Getting targeted by a fake 1-star Google review rating is dropping. What should I do? (opens in new tab)
​ Hi everyone, I’m a business owner based in Pakistan and I’m having an issue with my Google Business Profile. Someone has left a 1-star review on my Google Business Profile, but I believe t…
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9.6reddit I do local SEO for a living. Most small businesses are sitting on a review goldmine and doing nothing with it. (opens in new tab)
Your Google reviews are the first thing a customer checks after finding you — before your website, before your prices. And most small businesses I look at have fewer than 20, with the newest one from …
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9.6reddit Survey flow to send to google reviews (opens in new tab)
I want to create a template or flow that sends customers who say they had a positive experience to google reviews (to encourage positive reviews) and send people who say they have a negative experienc…
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9.6reddit google review and response (opens in new tab)
Does publicly responding to a review, make it less likely to disappear in the future? Any data point to support this? One of my client is slowly losing reviews. They never respond to them. I wonder i…
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9.5reddit Negative review or nay (opens in new tab)
**Wanting to get opinions from other brides on if I am justified to leave a negative review, which I have never done before.** **My original booking with my photographer** **were** **easy and she c…
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9.4reddit Relocated my collision repair business, then received a “permanently closed” suggestion on Google, and I can’t reject it. (opens in new tab)
I own a collision repair business and recently moved to a new location. We’re still operating, but we no longer occupy the old shop. The owner of another collision repair shop, who was my direct next…
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9reddit Wonder why tips are so bad anymore? It’s because… (opens in new tab)
It’s because of people like this. The gig economy seems like it was taken over by the lowest quality adults in the country. And what winds up happening is customers pay more for delivery now than eve…
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9reddit 💰 Earn $30/Hour Reviewing AI-Generated Images From Home (opens in new tab)
[Get paid to review image captions](https://preview.redd.it/zxq75f4xljnh1.png?width=1254&format=png&auto=webp&s=cbdd356872920fb93c05182c7de1d539fa98fded) If you’re someone who notices small details t…
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9reddit Are teeth cleanings always.. rushed? (opens in new tab)
Just got back from another teeth cleaning after doing a pretty thorough search across Google, Reddit, etc. I've already tried a few dentists here across town, and the experiences have consistently bee…
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9reddit Restaurant sent me this text (opens in new tab)
I usually tip in cash and leave the tip option in Doordash blank bc I don’t trust DD. Was this an unreasonable text from the restaurant and would it be unreasonable to leave this in a review for the r…
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8.7reddit After moving, my business doesn't show up in google maps keyword searches in my new area (opens in new tab)
I offer handyman and tech support services, a service-based business with no physical location. I have a 5.0 rating with 34 5-star reviews. My service area is set to Toronto, Canada and yet I don't sh…
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8.6reddit How to get reviews consistently without begging, bribing, or breaking Google's rules (opens in new tab)
Most businesses ask for reviews the same way: they remember to, once, after a really good job. Then they forget for three months. Meanwhile the competitor down the road has 340 reviews and a system. …
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8.6reddit Fake reviews removal? (opens in new tab)
Is it easier to get fake reviews removed on Google or Yelp? I'm fortunate that I haven't had to deal with this yet for any of my businesses, but I know it's probably only a matter of time. I only …
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8.4reddit Unable to see 1-star review on Google Business Profile to reply (opens in new tab)
Hi, I had my first 1-star review left over 3 days ago (more than 72 hours) which I am still unable to see on my business profile (on either of web, Android or iPad devices) But I can see that review f…
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8.4reddit Do small businesses actually struggle with Google Reviews, or am I solving the wrong problem? (opens in new tab)
Hi everyone, I'm researching a product idea for small and medium businesses, and I'd love some honest feedback before I spend months building it. My original assumption was that business owners stru…
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8.3reddit Anyone dealing with negative reviews on Google Business Profiles? (opens in new tab)
I have noticed more businesses dealing with what looks like false or coordinated negative reviews on their google business profiles. I am not talking about genuinely unhappy customers. I mean cases w…
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8.1reddit Local businesses: your Google Business Profile is probably costing you customers in small, fixable ways (opens in new tab)
I spend a lot of my working life staring at Google Business Profiles for local trades and service businesses, and the same handful of mistakes show up constantly. Sharing in case it saves someone a he…
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8reddit Who Reviews Your Property Management Accounting Workflows? (opens in new tab)
What you "don't know, you don't know" until you are hit with a hefty cleanup and a very painful experience losing owners for someone who got into this industry for the people, not the accounting. Many…
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8reddit Buy Google Reviews, Is It Worth the Risk for a Business? (opens in new tab)
Getting a new business noticed on Google can be frustrating. Even when the service is good, a business with 5 reviews can easily get overlooked next to competitors with hundreds of reviews. That’s wh…
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8reddit Any recruiters, HR managers, resume or career experts available to review my resume and offer advice? (opens in new tab)
I'm a bit older and trying to re-enter the workforce. I don't have a formal education, and it's quite sad that neither parent encouraged any of us kids to go to college. My dad was white-collar, self-…
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8reddit 65 Point Local SEO Checklist (opens in new tab)
Local SEO is stupid easy right now, and that’s because it’s one of the last places AI hasn’t touched. Google Business Profile Optimization \[ \] Claim and Verify Your Google Business Profile (GBP). …
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7.6reddit Competitor Review (opens in new tab)
Trying this again. I need help with a bad review I received from competitor, and it was a call through my ads account. I reported it and it was escalated and that was a year ago. It was supposed to be…
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7.6reddit Lokal business owners: How are you actually getting customers to leave Google reviews without being awkward? (opens in new tab)
Hey everyone I’m wondering how to get more feedback on Google from customers, no matter if it’s positive or negative, but I just want to encourage them somehow. Have you ever tried any of these optio…
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7.5reddit How are you handling 50+ Google reviews per month? (opens in new tab)
I'm curious how other agencies and local businesses handle review responses at scale. Once a business gets 50+ new Google reviews per month, manually responding to every single one starts…
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7.5reddit Question re: old negative reviews have been removed (opens in new tab)
So I had something very interesting happen this week. I had two fake 1 star reviews on one of my GBP's that nobody had been able to remove, and they had gotten pretty old - 1 was over a year and the o…
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7.4reddit I analyzed around 725, 1 star Google reviews. I found a phrase that escalates a bad situation (and how to I found a fix to it). (opens in new tab)
Most business owners treat a negative Google review like a personal insult. It’s completely natural you pour your life into your business and someone trashes it online. But when analyzing how local b…
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7.3reddit Unpopular opinion: filtering negative feedback before Google isn't the same as manipulating reviews. (opens in new tab)
I think people often lump two very different things together when they talk about review gating. If a business asks a customer privately, *“How was your experience?”* and gives them a chance to share…
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7.2reddit Im going CRAZY - Google support are bots? (opens in new tab)
Hi! We are a Laboratory based in South America. A few weeks ago, a customer had a negative experience with a service and posted a one-star review. We are not disputing her right to share her own exper…
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7.1reddit NZ legal advice — threatened with trespass after leaving a 1-star Google review (opens in new tab)
I'm looking for some NZ legal advice because this situation has escalated quite a bit and I'm trying to work out where I actually stand. I saw a job advertisement and decided to drop my CV off in per…
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7.1reddit I helped a local business get 200% more inquiries — using nothing but their Google Business Profile (opens in new tab)
No ad spend. No new website. No agency retainer. Just addressing the common oversights that many businesses make on their Google Business Profile (GBP). It’s often the little things that can make a bi…
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7reddit is anyone else's client seeing review response speed matter way more than the actual response quality (opens in new tab)
noticed something weird across a batch of accounts i manage. profiles where the owner just replies fast, even with a generic "thanks for the feedback, we appreciate it" within a day or two, are holdin…
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7reddit PlayStation’s digital refund policy feels outdated in 2026 (opens in new tab)
I honestly don’t understand how PlayStation thinks this refund policy is acceptable. I bought a digital game, played it for around one hour, and quickly realized that the main gameplay experience wa…
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6.8reddit NZ legal advice — threatened with trespass after leaving a 1-star Google review (opens in new tab)
I'm looking for some NZ legal advice because this situation has escalated quite a bit and I'm trying to work out where I actually stand. I saw a job advertisement and decided to drop my CV off in per…
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6.8reddit The Elephant in the Orchid Room: Addressing the Prominence of Online Criticism of the SGI (opens in new tab)
Like many millennials, and even more Gen Z’ers, it’s rare for me to make any big moves without doing internet research first to gather a sense of whether something is credible, valuable, and legitimat…
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6.7reddit Why I No Longer Trust The Galaxy At Polaris- Live Oakwood Google Rating- They Remove Bad Reviews- Actually a 2 star (opens in new tab)
**I tracked the Google reviews for The Galaxy at Polaris which is managed by Live Oakwood. The published rating does not reflect the resident experience. What I observed raised serious concerns.** Ov…
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6.7reddit Winning Strategies to Get More Reviews on Yelp (opens in new tab)
Yelp is one of the hardest sites to work with as a business because of their no-solicitation policy. In a world where you're not supposed to ask customers to leave you a reviews, I'd love to hear what…
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6.6reddit How are small businesses collecting Google reviews without relying on staff to ask every customer? (opens in new tab)
Managers can easily lose track of sending follow-up emails for review collection and consistent reminders to ask for reviews in face-to-face meetings with staff and customers. This can lead to review …
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6.4reddit This Week's Top E-commerce News Stories 💥 August 31st, 2026 (opens in new tab)
Hi r/Shopify \- I'm Paul and I follow the e-commerce industry closely for my Shopifreaks E-commerce Newsletter, which I've published weekly since 2021. I was invited by the Mods of this subreddit to …
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6.4reddit NAT: how do therapists feel about Google reviews? (opens in new tab)
My thoughts: I've been seeing therapists for almost 20 years and longest one for more than 15, so I rarely needed to look for a new one. When I first saw Google reviews for therapists and psychiatrist…
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6.3reddit E-commerce Industry News Recap 🔥 Week of August 31st, 2026 (opens in new tab)
Hi r/ecommerce \- I'm Paul and I follow the e-commerce industry closely for my Shopifreaks E-commerce Newsletter. Every week for the past 5 years I've posted a summary recap of the week's top stories …
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6.2reddit Looking for honest feedback on a SaaS idea for local small businesses: reviews + customer retention (opens in new tab)
I’ve launched a small-business SaaS called \*\*BookAndReview\*\* \\\[dot\\\] com, and I’d love some brutally practical feedback from business owners and people familiar with SMB software. The idea is…
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6.1reddit We Reviewed Uplisting : The All-in One Vacation Rental Management Software for Hassle-Free Hosting (opens in new tab)
Thank you for reading our **Uplisting review**. Managing vacation rentals today can be like spinning plates while balancing on a tightrope—one wrong move, and things could come crashing down. For pro…
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6reddit Review bombing in mobile games: App Store and Google Play recovery guide A game studio playbook for app review bombing, 1-star surges, player backlash, store reporting, mass... Olivia Doboaca Jul 28 (opens in new tab)
[Review Bombing: Game App Recovery Guide](https://preview.redd.it/kkhawbhvcohh1.jpg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5217f42800c13f3b204cead00f4e9ff59705ec0c) Table of Content: * Key insights: wha…
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6reddit Trustpilot caught 4.5 million fake reviews in 2024. Italy still fined it €4 million in March. (opens in new tab)
Trustpilot removed 4.5 million fake reviews in 2024 out of 61 million submitted that year, catching 90% of them before a human ever had to step in, per its own Trust Report 2025. Those numbers back a …
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6reddit 6 timesheet apps for Australian small businesses: where each one fits (opens in new tab)
Timesheet software in Australia has to do more than total up hours. For a shift-based business, the harder part is getting clean time records into payroll while keeping breaks, overtime, leave, locati…
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6reddit Looking for honest feedback on a SaaS idea for local small businesses: reviews + customer retention (opens in new tab)
I’ve launched a small-business SaaS called **BookAndReview** \[dot\] com, and I’d love some brutally practical feedback from business owners and people familiar with SMB software. The idea is fairly …
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5.5reddit I asked Gemini “if home service businesses were getting less calls recently”… answer isn’t what I expected (opens in new tab)
We’ve really been optimizing for local seo over the past few months. We’re in a rural area of west Tn and have opportunities to have our plumbing services found in several weak map packs. For the la…
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5.4reddit 🔴My Horrible Experience with Everything Cool Estate Sales Part 1 (opens in new tab)
I am writing to share my family's recent experience with an estate sale hosted by Everything Cool in Halls Tennessee. I wanted to provide our honest feedback so that others can make an informed decisi…
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5.2reddit We surveyed 1,097 U.S. adults about how they use AI before making purchases. Here’s what stood out. (opens in new tab)
Usage and trust in AI answer engines is increasing pretty rapidly. Here are the biggest takeaways from this study that I think is useful information for business owners: \* 77% of respondents use at …
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5reddit I Caught What Google's AI Missed : A 100-Account Fake 5-Star Review Network Hiding in Plain Sight on Google Maps (opens in new tab)
Don't trust 5-star reviews on Google Maps at all. The platform is full of fake reviews bought by businesses, and Google often does nothing when you report them. This kind of scheme has a name in t…
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4.7reddit Google Maps is full of fake reviews, harming consumers and honest businesses. (opens in new tab)
**Don't trust 5-star reviews on Google Maps at all.** *Here is what my 4‑month investigation uncovered :* I Caught What Google's AI Missed : A 100+ Account Fake 5-Star Review Network Hiding in Plain…
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4.7reddit Legitimate Google reviews disappearing one by one (opens in new tab)
I run a small business in a very specific niche where customer relationships are highly personal and usually one-to-one. I have built a strong reputation over the years, both through word of mouth and…
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4.4reddit Do not trust Google reviews in London, negative reviews of a buisness will be deleted (opens in new tab)
I had a seriously negative experience with an electronics shop that took 3 weeks to complete a repair they claimed would take 3 days, and they didn't do the repairs they charged me for. After I posted…