The core service. Google publishes the policy categories a review has to breach before it comes down: fake engagement, conflict of interest, off-topic content, harassment and hate speech, mistaken identity, and restricted or illegal content. We choose the category, document it, and file. Most removals complete in 1 to 3 business days, and complex cases can take up to 7.
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Employer reviews from people who never worked at the company, reviews that name individuals, and coordinated posting after a layoff. Glassdoor runs its own community guidelines and its own review queue, so cases here move slower than Google.
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Yelp filters aggressively and rarely explains itself. Removal turns on documenting a specific content guideline breach: no first-hand experience, conflict of interest, or content that is not about the business.
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Attorney reviews from opposing parties, from people who were declined as clients, and from anyone with a conflict of interest. Avvo's guidelines require a genuine client relationship, which is often the fastest thing to disprove.
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Reddit has two routes: subreddit moderators and Reddit's own content policy team. Doxxing, harassment, and coordinated brigading are the grounds that carry. Cases here typically run 2 to 10 business days.
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Host-side removals for retaliatory reviews after a damage claim, reviews describing a different listing, and content that breaches Airbnb's content policy. Typically 2 to 8 business days.
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Complaints posted anonymously, often with no verifiable transaction behind them, and often outranking the business's own site. Removal runs through the platform's own channels and typically takes 2 to 8 business days.
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Trustpilot requires a genuine buying or service experience and prohibits reviews with a conflict of interest. Flagging works when the report names the guideline and shows why the experience did not happen.
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The BBB runs an internal process with its own evidence standard and a right of reply for the business. Cases typically take 3 to 10 business days.
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