UK businesses caught buying five-star Google reviews

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Consumer group Which? staged a sting operation to investigate fake Google reviews in the UK.

Which? conducted its research by essentially setting up a "sting" operation to catch unscrupulous operators in the act.

15 reviewers who had rated both an Edinburgh search engine optimisation business and a London psychic as five stars, which it called "an unlikely coincidence" The same reviewer also praised a dentist in Manchester, a paving firm in Bournemouth, and a Cambridgeshire locksmith, who allegedly saved his toddler from a locked car

"Businesses exploiting flaws in Google's review system to rise up the ranks are putting honest businesses on the back foot and leaving consumers at risk of being misled," said Natalie Hitchins from Which?.Richard Boatwright says Google refuses to take down fake reviews which are damaging his business

"When we find scammers trying to mislead people, we take swift action ranging from content removal to account suspension and even litigation," the company said.

 

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No surprise and same happens on Amazon.

Wow! Really! Excellent journalism BBC, who woulda thunk it? ps How's the investigation into the the Pope's religious preference going?

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Damn...never trust a thing you read online

Once again, you will never be too sure in sth found on the Internet

Never realised that was for sale....

It’s capitalism bro, if there’s no buyer you are allowed to create it till you’r caught.

NO SH*T 🤣

UK businesses hit me up I’ll do you a good review for a fiver x

why does this not come as a surprise?

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