u/KevenM

Image 1 — Offering incentive in-kind for reviews
Image 2 — Offering incentive in-kind for reviews

Offering incentive in-kind for reviews

I thought this was clearly disallowed - to pay people to post a review, let alone pay to post a 5 star review. Be it in cash or product or service.

I reported this and another instance - but the response from Google was: “We've reviewed the reported business. We determined that the business didn't violate our fake engagement policy. As a result, we haven’t taken any action at this time.”

What am I missing here? As expected, I have no way of telling Google their AI sorting got it wrong or get clarification from them.

u/KevenM — 3 days ago