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This is how Google is busting local businesses. Google is asking, does this business offer rewards in exchange for reviews? Reviews are extremely important to the success of a local business. Lots of business owners are constantly strategizing new ways to get reviews. Offering rewards is a very common way. But this is what Google says about it. We do not allow merchants to offer incentives such as payment discounts, free goods and/or services in exchange for posting any review or revision or removal of a negative review. Google, in fact, has a whole section on what you can't do to get reviews over here. Getting caught can lead to reviews being deleted or, even worse, the business listing being suspended.

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This is how Google is busting local businesses. Google is asking, does this business offer rewards in exchange for reviews? Reviews are extremely important to the success of a local business. Lots of business owners are constantly strategizing new ways to get reviews. Offering rewards is a very common way. But this is what Google says about it. We do not allow merchants to offer incentives such as payment discounts, free goods and/or services in exchange for posting any review or revision or removal of a negativ...

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