In 2025, Google is removing reviews at unprecedented rates – and it is not accidental. Our industry analysis of 60,000 Google Business Profiles shows that deletions are being driven by a mix of: ...

It’s widely agreed upon that the Department of Motor Vehicles is hell on earth. Long wait times and extensive paperwork contribute to poor attitudes and short tempers across the board. Neither the ...

Customer reviews are the most influential form of local business content. Surveys routinely reveal that upwards of 90% of consumers read reviews as they search for nearby goods and services. In this ...

Movers, roofing companies and others are being bombarded with phony one-star reviews on Google Maps. Then they’re asked to pay up. By Stuart A. Thompson Stuart Thompson first wrote about the ...

Small business owners are being targeted by scam artists who flood Google Maps and other sites with phony false reviews and then extort the business owner, offering to remove the reviews for a price.

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Around 8% of the 31.1 million reviews submitted to Tripadvisor in 2024 were fake, according to the "Tripadvisor Transparency Report 2025." That's more than twice the number detected in 2022, company ...

Netflix's "Adolescence" is getting rave reviews. The new crime drama mini-series, released Thursday on Netflix, has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes based on the scores of seven critics, with more praise ...

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