ORLANDO, Fla. – Several Central Florida businesses were recently targeted by extortionists who threatened to damage the companies’ reputations with negative Google reviews unless the owners paid for ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Alison DiChristopher and her husband have owned A DiChristopher Appliance Service for the past 30 years. “It’s family owned,” she said. But lately, what’s been keeping her busy is what’s ...

I am seeing a ton of complaints in the Google Business Profiles forums about reviews going missing. A lot of people are saying the review counts have dropped from one number to a lower number. I am ...

Small business owners are being targeted by scam artists who flood Google Maps and other sites with phony false reviews and then extort the business owner, offering to remove the reviews for a price.

A restaurant review scheme is targeting several Philadelphia businesses and bringing down their online ratings.

Yelp filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google on Wednesday, alleging Google used its monopoly to dominate local search and advertising markets. A federal judge’s ruling that Google violated US ...

Google will stop showing reviews and ratings on school listings in Google Search and Google Maps. Google Business Profiles said, "Starting April 30, 2025, your school's associated Business Profile ...