The 5-star shocker: Google’s war on fake reviews While you might expect negative reviews to be the primary target, our analysis revealed that a staggering 73.1% of deleted reviews were actually ...

In the US, UK, and India, Google Maps is now noting if it “recently removed suspicious five-star reviews in certain circumstances.” Reviews might be “temporarily turned off” when fake ...

As The New York Times reports, many of these one-star reviews on Google tend to come from India, where scammers demand a $75 Google Play gift card to remove the review, ...