Your Quick Answer:
If your Google reviews are not showing up either you’re that person who posted it or a business that lost some reviews.
For the Person: If your posted Google reviews are not showing up on Google My Business then might be this due to verification being under process or it has been detected as spam.
For Business Owners: If your Google My Business has lost some of the Google reviews from the list this is due to the exact reason for deleting the reviews for fake, spam, or misleading information.
The reason is not declared or notified by Google and this is how the algorithm works to prevent fake reviews on Google.
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Why Can I Only See My Google Review When Logged In:
If your Google reviews are not working means not showing up whenever you post there are chances you are making a few mistakes that need to be fixed.
1. Review Visibility Checker
The review that is not viewable by all but shows to you only then it’s not available for all users due to either verification reasons or else.
You have to check the public visibility of that page if it appears there.
🔴 How To Use:
Step 1: First of all, open the Review Visibility Checker tool.
Step 2: Then, enter the GMB page name that you want to check for reviews.
Step 3: After that, click on the ‘Check’ button.
Step 4: Now, you will see if there are any reviews to display or not. If there are reviews, the tool will show you the total number of reviews and their average rating.
If there are no reviews to display, the tool will let you know that there are no reviews available.
2. Reviews Rejected
Make sure you are adding your reviews to a valid GMB page that has an active base and explain the service you have received if the review does not match the listing information or the business is no longer in service or move to a new business, you probably would not be able to see the reviews.
To make sure you can run an experiment on some businesses by posting some reviews and soon will find out that the reviews are rejected for those whose businesses do not have any previous reviews yet. This may be because Google decided to not show up reviews before 5 were completed.
This case gets fixated if the GMB owner makes any changes or updates to the businesses your pending reviews might get show up in the future. Note this may be a temporary issue that soon get fixed automatically.
The listing will show up on Google Maps as well along with Google search results.
3. Google reviews are not counting
If you see the reviews posted vs the counting is mismatched then be sure that some of the reviews are removed or on hold. This happens due to some internal reasons including spam & abuse. Note that if you have posted any links on the reviews these are detected as spam and most probably irrelevant reviews are wiped out from the Google My Business page.
Many people reported that it’s noted whenever they posted any reviews that took a link inside it, has never gone public. The reviews may be visible to you only but if you check them from the incognito window there you might notice the missing one.
Before posting any Google Business reviews make sure it is relevant and do not consume any links in them. In addition, if you have just added a review and it’s showing 6 to you but publicly this is just 5 just wait a few days to get it updated upon verification by the Google My Business spam detection team.
4. Google public Review: IF DELETED
All of the reviews posted on Google My Business are generally public and recently there is no option that one can hide them. Either you have to delete the review or just keep it public. If your posted reviews are not visible then this might be due to either it pending approval or if you have a business page where a few reviews got deleted this may be due to the user having deleted that manually.
There may be two reasons either the review has been deleted by the user or just Google removed those automatically, even the deletion of the user’s Gmail account can result in all Google My Business reviews removal.
🔯 My Google reviews are disappearing – Why:
A bulk of reviews can be disappeared if they are detected as spam. If you brought any reviews from Google may be Google just detected those accounts and took action on them.
In personal cases, if you’re that person whose posted reviews are gone disappeared this is due to spam detection or if you just updated your reviews by adding bad words or links then this is the reason for the action taken by Google.
Now, if you want to get the review restored then just update the default back to normal if you have made any changes before and you’ll see the reviews restored within 5 working days. Also, if you’ve just updated the review with additional details most probably that is pending approval and soon that will be shown up to the public.
How to Fix if Google Reviews are not Showing up:
You are just going to fix the issues that are interrupting the Google reviews to show up on the listing. There are some tips for you to follow if you want to fix the Google reviews not showing up problems when you post a review on a business page on Google.
Let’s start with the guide tips:
1. Avoid Offensive words or Grammatical Mistakes:
Bad words or grammatical mistakes in review comments can really even change the meaning of a comment. In case you have a tendency of grammatical issues in writing make sure to recheck the review before posting and make sure no such offensive words in that post that Google detects and rejects from showing up.
From the reports, it’s proved that adding bad words on reviews can result in the deletion of that review permanently and the same has been confirmed on Google’s terms & conditions page with more additional info. Not just that limited to, so be specific before posting stuff that is abusive or wrongly spelled.
In addition to that, I would suggest using Grammarly for your work or any other tools that detect your grammar and writing mistakes for free to avoid mistakes in writing. This is going to help in all fields of writing as an additional benefit.
2. Wait for 7 Business days to appear:
Google would not show up your reviews instantly even if you post them on working days & working hours. This might take time to appear on the Google My Business page up to 3-7 working days. But recently, this can take more than a week and this delay is temporary.
So, let’s wait for up to 7 business working days to show up your reviews on that page. If you see this is taking more than a few weeks check if your review is terminated for violating any Google policy on Google My Business.
3. Don’t Put URL in Review:
If you put any URL on your Review, you are more likely going to get hit by Google Team by pretending your review is spam. As per Google’s policy adding links to reviews is determined as spam. That means avoid posting links on your review to get it approved in 7 days and show up publicly.
Whenever you want to post a review to any GMB page just keep it generic, simple, and descriptive for other users to understand.
4. You should not be an Employee:
This thing people should be aware of is someone who is an employee of that particular business or just someone from the team trying to identify the business to users as interest, this is not allowed on Google My Business. You are not eligible to post your own review comments and this is needed to stay any business page unbiased.
Ever done that? Well, let’s remove it. You can post to other businesses where you are the actual customer but it is advisable to avoid reviewing your own business or if you’re an employee there.
5. Update Google My Business page: [For Owner]
Google My Business needs proper management to stay listed on Google search. If you are the owner of the business and lost access, you can claim the business and make any improvements or changes needed on the pages.
Also, if you see the ‘Permanently closed’ tag by mistake, your can claim and fix this by changing the status to ‘Open’.
The page owner might not get any reviews if the business is detected inactive for a long time and that can be easily fixed by claiming the business that I had done for my case and the same listing was restored and opened for taking further reviews.
🔯 Can I see if a Customer wrote a review today on Google?
If you are having a Google My Business account and not getting any updates on reviews on daily basis then you should know that Google takes 7 working days to show up the reviews on Google My Business. In the same way, if you have just got a few reviews that appeared on your business today, these are actually posted a few days ago.
The Bottom Lines:
This may be due to Google detecting spam and removing those or the user has deleted his account that causing the removals.
Whatever the reasons are, to protect your reviews from not getting penalized is to check the guidelines above and follow those accordingly while posing any reviews on Google My Business.
Also, Google My Business owners are advised to update the page regularly to stay with the listing.
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