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It's not only Amazon reviews. But also Google My Business reviews. Not to mention Yelp. One of our businesses depend a lot on GMB reviews. Fortunately we're go
by eric4smith 5y ago
It's not only Amazon reviews. But also Google My Business reviews. Not to mention Yelp.
One of our businesses depend a lot on GMB reviews. Fortunately we're good about customer service and doing a good job, so 98% of our reviews are 5 stars.
However, in a couple of cases, customers gave us one star for things we had absolutely no control over, or something that was quite trivial and could be resolved in a minute or two. It's insane what that very tiny segment of reviewers will do.
There is good and bad about this. We've found a few bad reviews are actually a good thing, since people have said directly to us that we seem like a "Real" company. They know that reviews are gamed a lot these days. And they realize that real companies make mistakes. So we take those "L"'s and move on.
I don't agree with the heavy-handedness, but I understand they some do it. These guys are taking it too far though.