It seems like there is another set of reviews going missing or being removed by Google in the Google Maps and local listings. Joy Hawkins noticed an increase in complaints from businesses over the past week but Mike Blumenthal thinks it is more intentional over the last few months.

Just as a reminder, we notice this starting back in March 2022 again, where reviews were dropping out of the Google local listings. It has happened in 2019 and 2021 as well.

Mike said he has seen an uptick in complaints in the forums from businesses about reviews being removed or going missing – he shared this chart – because charts make it easier to understand. He said he noticed that the uptick actually started in February with these complaints.

Joy said on Twitter “I’m hearing tons of reports of businesses losing reviews in the last week that were published before but then got removed recently.” There are a number of complaints in the Local Search Forums recently, here they are:

Joy added in the forums:

Are you noticing fewer reviews or missing reviews for you local listings in Google?

Forum discussion at Local Search Forums.