I’ve observed a concerning trend where some digital marketers are paying people to write fake or scripted reviews for their clients. These reviews mislead customers, damage trust, and ultimately harm businesses that work hard to earn genuine feedback.
As a community of honest reviewers and Local Guides, how can we collaboratively stop this practice?
@shubhambhatia8275 this is always a challenge. The best thing to do is to keep reporting reviews that you feel are fake/not genunie.
There is no option to stop fake reviews on Google maps till now. So best option is to Flag the review by the Business owner if the review is not genuine or doesn’t follow Google’s review policy.
Even we have observed the same with fake and spam businesses to use this tactics to rank higher.