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Google Is Restoring Missing Reviews In Business Profiles
Google is fixing a bug that caused reviews to go missing from Google Business Profiles. Google confirms reviews are getting restored.
Google’s Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan, announced on Twitter in reply to Mike Blumenthal, who says he reported the bug a week ago.
Our apologies here. The team is aware of this bug and has been actively addressing it. Many reviews have been restored, and that work will continue.
— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) November 15, 2022
Blumenthal isn’t exaggerating the seriousness of the bug. Reviews are a restaurant’s bread and butter, and removing them can significantly impact revenue.
There are numerous threads in the Google Business Profile help forums started by business owners who lost most or all of their reviews.
In each thread, the business owners...