The 5-star shocker: Google’s war on fake reviews While you might expect negative reviews to be the primary target, our analysis revealed that a staggering 73.1% of deleted reviews were actually ...

More than 60 people left five-star Google reviews after the email was sent. However, there were also several reviews calling out the promotion as "dodgy", "suspicious and disgusting" and "appalling".

A high star rating was found to strongly correlate with better rankings in Google search. Businesses ranking in the top 3 positions are more likely to have an average star rating of 4-5 stars (64% ...

The saga began on 31 July 2021 when the complainant, who has not been named, wrote the following Google Review: “Highly unprofessional. P.S. I would question how many of your 5 star reviews are ...