Taking down "bad" Google reviews is an entire industry these days [1]. And of course there are scammers on all sides - not just legitimately bad stores trying

Taking down "bad" Google reviews is an entire industry these days [1]. And of course there are scammers on all sides - not just legitimately bad stores trying to whitewash their online presence, but also entire scammer rackets that extort legitimately good stores by flooding them with BS reviews [2]. [1] https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-shady-companies-remove-bad-reviews-from-google-why-joy-hawkins-ppdyc https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-shady-companies-remove-ba... [2] https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/inside-the-extortion-racket-bombarding-small-businesses-with-fake-onestar-google-reviews/f7cf796d-d393-4154-be56-89ef2532533c https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/inside-the-extorti...