You have a scandal that’s been covered in the media or you have evidence (such as an email or text) that someone is threatening your business and claiming that they will leave you tons of negative reviews as a punishment for something.įor example, this business was recently blasted with negative reviews due to a Facebook post that went viral.

You have a large number of negative reviews that have been left recently and in a short time frame.

I have only seen this when the following 2 things are both true:

It is possible to have Google Business Profile block the ability for new reviews to be left for a time period. If you are under a fake negative review attack, there might also be something additional you can do. Google will shut off reviews for listings facing negative review attacks However, almost all other listings have reviews turned on by default. Google is not always consistent in this matter. These include categories such as schools or instructors.

Some GBP categories can turn off reviews on Google automatically. Google will shut off reviews for certain business categories There are, however, a handful of situations in which Google will occasionally remove a review, or turn off the ability to leave reviews on a listing. Unfortunately, you will have to deal with the system Google has created. Can you turn off your reviews for your Google Business Profile? In almost all cases, the answer is no.

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