{"id":6721,"date":"2018-10-31T23:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T17:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/?p=6721"},"modified":"2018-10-31T23:18:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T17:48:06","slug":"how-to-delete-fake-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/how-to-delete-fake-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Delete Fake Google Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Having a Google Page is not a choice but a must for the business owners. While online space gives business a place to thrive, it opens more sources of digital contradictions leading to negative reviews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If your page receives<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/8-types-negative-reviews-google-will-remove-294804\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3 negative reviews, around 36% of the website visitors<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">won\u2019t trust your business. Businesses quite often post fake reviews on their competitor website and if your business is under this knife, this article is definitely for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fake <\/span><b>Google business reviews<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> need to be removed or deleted as soon as possible but before you take any steps there are certain aspects to be taken care of. <\/span><b>How to delete a Google review<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a doable task. Google business team is smart enough and they identify and delete eight types of reviews as you approach them. So if there is a review of this type, you need not worry about it, Google business team will do the job for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Illegal or racist reviews.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Closely timed reviews that seem to be of the same type.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The profile that leaves negative reviews on a website and lots of positive reviews on a competitor website.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wrong business review due to the same business name.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Same profile leaving negative reviews for different business locations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leaving negative reviews for an employer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Negative reviews due to media incident.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The negative <\/span><b>Google business review<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">s have a massive impact on your online revenue capabilities. As per studies conducted in 2017 with just <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revlocal.com\/blog\/review-and-reputation-management\/how-to-respond-to-every-type-of-review\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4 negative reviews, around 70%<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of potential customers may turn their back to your products and services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With 2 billion Google users, <\/span><b>my Google reviews<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are becoming more influential. Let us get everything straight here, Google will not allow you to delete the reviews but you must be aware they can delete it for you if it matches certain set criterion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are both qualified and non-qualified negative Google reviews that this article will help you to delete. Before that we want you to understand the gravity of the negative reviews lying around on your websites.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Why do you need to know how to delete a Google reviews?<br \/>\n&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1541001973360{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The online consumers approach towards making buying choices has changed. With the advent of smartphones, buyer runs through reviews, information guides and product descriptions on the basis of which they make a purchase decision. A review is taken as a word if mouth by the online buyers so it is bound to impact the sales dramatically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Google is the most used search engine and it works ethically enough to offer its users a research platform that they can trust. Trends have changed as online buyers do not visit the Help or Glassdoor reviews for business and take an easy route to <\/span><b>Google business reviews<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. So, let us probe deeper to understand the scenarios and methods by which we can get rid of negative Google reviews.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Can you remove a review?<br \/>\n&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1541006292002{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;Angie\u2019s List&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Google doesn&#8217;t allow anyone to remove or <\/span><b>delete Google review<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Only if the review qualifies, the team would go ahead and delete it. The qualification criterion generally is:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If it is a spam, competitor ad or fake<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If it is irrelevant to the business<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If the review content is\u00a0violent<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although it&#8217;s not so easy to delete a Google review, but Google has answer to your question of \u201c<\/span><b>How to delete a Google review<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d. You must flag these kinds of reviews to the Google Business Plan team. Some of the businesses have tried hard to get the actual negative reviews to be deleted and that is why Google policies have gotten strict about them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Generally speaking violent and irrelevant reviews have very vague boundaries and it is a herculean task to answer the question \u201c<\/span><b>How to remove a Google review?\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Spam, fake and fraud negative reviews have a clear criterion of detection and you may not face a lot of friction getting it removed. Recently Google has made it open that any previous employee reviews will be deleted as it wants the reviews to be a landscape of customers only.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;What is the right way to get the negative reviews removed?<br \/>\n&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1541006593152{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]\n<h4><b>Probe<\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b><\/b>Your instincts may be right about a review being a fake one, but it&#8217;s better to have substantial proof ready to make sure your effort doesn&#8217;t go down the drain.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Make sure you have the screenshots or details of your sale records or a CRM data that makes it clear that the review content is not legitimate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let us say your business records have no indication any kind of purchase recently or past customer. It is advised not to go out in open and just put down your acquisitions as a response. Act like a responsible owner and ask the reviews about purchase details so that you can look into the issues. If the review is legitimate, you may save yourself some embarrassment but if it is definitely fake, you know you are on the right track.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Notify Privacy violation<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Google allows business owner an easy option to flag the reviews they find inappropriate. The initial process is quite simple where you actually can see a small flag icon on the review and flag it to indicate to the Google team that the review seems to be inappropriate and its deletion is required.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6722 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/poor2fair-300x69.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/poor2fair-300x69.png 300w, https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/poor2fair.png 645w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6723 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/policy-violation-300x160.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"781\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/policy-violation-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/policy-violation.png 616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once the review is flagged, you need to report the review, provide your email id and select the type of violation the review brings around.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Knock the Google\u2019s door<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Google has a specialized Google My Business team to cater to reviews issues directly. To get in touch with the team all you need to do is launch the dashboard of Google My Business Page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Under the reviews section, you need to select the channel using which Google team can get in touch with you. A phone call is the most preferred mode of communication as it gives you a platform to talk about the review in person. Ensure you have all the proof and justification ready to convince the Google team.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_background&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; bg_color=&#8221;#3261ad&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;2%&#8221; bottom_padding=&#8221;2%&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column centered_text=&#8221;true&#8221; column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Tribelocal helps you filter out the negative reviews from any directory&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:20|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1541007896623{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][nectar_btn size=&#8221;small&#8221; open_new_tab=&#8221;true&#8221; button_style=&#8221;regular&#8221; button_color_2=&#8221;Extra-Color-1&#8243; icon_family=&#8221;none&#8221; url=&#8221;https:\/\/app.tribelocal.com\/users\/sign_in&#8221; text=&#8221;Sign Up for FREE Now!!&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;30&#8243; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;What if Google did not accept your justifications and the negative review is still there&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:30|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1541006083263{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1541008082914{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the time Google may consider a review as legitimate and would not take any action against it. In such a case you do not need to be disheartened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is the time you turn to your loyal customers and ask them to <\/span><b>write a review on Google<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> about the products or services. Not only will this bring your online presence in a positive frame, but it will also diminish the impact of the negative reviews too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Getting engaged into an infinitely long battle of <\/span><b>how to delete a negative review<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> might not be fruitful always but if you have a strong positive feedback presence, you do not even need to worry about the negative <\/span><b>reviews Google<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. If you feel strange to ask your customers for reviews, just try it for once, you will be startled how responsive they are to this request. Be open to your customers that the positive reviews will help you build a stronger online presence and just see how your positive review count soars up.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Warnings &#8211; To Abstain From These Practices<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some business owners indulge in practices that are not ethical enough and may lead them into deep seas. You must always abstain from the practices below:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Say no to fake positive reviews. The fake reviews are evident and are an unethical means to garner attention as per Google and Government policies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do not offer your customers offers or discounts in exchange of positive reviews as it may create a negative impression on them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is a good practice to not wait for a negative review bombshell to drop and then you go looking after positive reviews. Engaging with your customer\u2019s right from the beginning of the relationship and encouraging them to drop positive reviews online is a good practice that must be followed right from the start.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;To Wrap&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|font_size:22|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1541006160116{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1541006181033{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The methods we talked about above to get the negative <\/span><b>Google business reviews<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> deleted or removed are tried and test but will work only when they qualify the bracket of violation and you have enough proof to flag them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While every negative reviews scenario may vary and the removal would be completely on the discretion of the team, negating its impact is possible by having a lot of legitimate positive reviews online. It is a very good practice to keep a check on negative reviews that can be handled by either getting them removed or as we talked about handling the legitimate reviews with the response that turns the tables around in one of our blogs recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While it might be a tough game to get the negative reviews deleted or removed, it is still possible and can be achieved. Wishing you all luck!<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]Having a Google Page is not a choice but a must for the business owners. While online space gives business a place to thrive, it opens more sources of digital contradictions leading&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":6725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amp_status":"enabled","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,47],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribelocal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}