Google Local - New User Reviews Direct

[CHR]

Of all the ironies today for me, Google Local is now allowing users to place reviews direct on your local listing.

Read more here.

You have to be logged into your Google account to add a review. (Hopefully everybody here at FC has one since we all need accounts to customize our local listings.)

I would recommend you NOT review your own shop but there's no reason you shouldn't encourage shoppers to do so - in person or via email.

 

[bloomz]

From what I've seen happening to you - I'm thinking this is way more of a PIB than it it worth and wish they would just drop them. I don't see this as a good thing. I doubt they spend much (any?) time reviewing the inappropriate ones...