Taking Over a Business With Bad Google Maps Reviews?

Sep 1, 2010 - 7:35 am 5 by
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google maps new managementA Google Places Help thread has a story of a person who bought a business from someone else.

The issue is, that business has pretty bad reviews in Google Maps and since there will be new management, he wants to know how to remove the bad reviews.

A fair question, that is why you often see the "under new management" signs outside of businesses. People want to know when new businesses have new owners and thus maybe better customer service (or maybe not).

The business owner said:

I am buying a local small buisness in a few weeks. The current owner has some pretty nasty reviews about him that currently come up when people search the biz name. I want to know if there is a way to have those reviews removed once I take ownership - I don't want people avoiding me because of his past mistakes.

Andrew in the forums suggested he request that the current owner to delete his Google Places account. Then the reviews should go as well. He also suggests renaming the business, just because of the possible bad karma associated with the business.

Do you agree?

Forum discussion at Google Places Help.

 

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