Post by account_disabled on Feb 17, 2024 5:48:22 GMT
The SEOs might disagree about whether or not paying for review likes is spam Im sorry to tell you that Googles own staff doesnt have brandwide consensus on this either. In three parts . The Google phone rep was initially unfamiliar with what the like button is. I explained it to her. First I asked if it was okay for the business owner to hit the like button on the brands reviews she confirmed that its fine to do that. This didnt surprise me. But when I asked the question about paying people to take such actions she replied.
I paraphrase If a review is being liked by people apart from the owner its Bolivia Telemarketing Data not considered as spam. What if the business owner is paying people like staff or marketers to like their reviews I asked. No its not considered spam. Not even then No she said. . Next heres a screenshot of my chat with a Google rep The final response actually amused me i.e. yeah go ahead and do that if you want to but I wouldnt do it if I were you. . Finally I spoke with Googles Twitter support which I always find helpful To sum up we had one Google rep tell is it would be fine and dandy to pay people to thumb up reviews uhoh but the other two warned against doing this.
Well go with majority rule here and try to cobble together our own guidelines in the absence of public ones. My guidelines for use of the review likes function Going forward with what weve learned heres what I would recommend As a business owner if you receive a review you appreciate definitely go ahead and thumb it up. It may have some influence on what makes it to the highlyvisible front of your Google Business Profile and even if not its a way of saying thank you to the customer when youre also writing your owner response. So a nice review comes in respond.
I paraphrase If a review is being liked by people apart from the owner its Bolivia Telemarketing Data not considered as spam. What if the business owner is paying people like staff or marketers to like their reviews I asked. No its not considered spam. Not even then No she said. . Next heres a screenshot of my chat with a Google rep The final response actually amused me i.e. yeah go ahead and do that if you want to but I wouldnt do it if I were you. . Finally I spoke with Googles Twitter support which I always find helpful To sum up we had one Google rep tell is it would be fine and dandy to pay people to thumb up reviews uhoh but the other two warned against doing this.
Well go with majority rule here and try to cobble together our own guidelines in the absence of public ones. My guidelines for use of the review likes function Going forward with what weve learned heres what I would recommend As a business owner if you receive a review you appreciate definitely go ahead and thumb it up. It may have some influence on what makes it to the highlyvisible front of your Google Business Profile and even if not its a way of saying thank you to the customer when youre also writing your owner response. So a nice review comes in respond.