Google Suspends Local Reviews & Q&A During Coronavirus Outbreak

Mar 23, 2020 - 7:11 am 5 by
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Google has suspended accepting and posting reviews and Q&A on local businesses during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Google posted in its help document "New reviews, review replies, and new Q&A will be unavailable during this time."

If you try to post a review, you get a message that reads that this is unavailable. Here is what Jason Brown shared on Twitter:

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Joy Hawkins from the Local Search Forums said "In the meantime, I would suggest not asking people to leave reviews until it starts working again. We'll let you know when we hear back."

Forum discussion at Twitter and Local Search Forums.

 

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