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Same Question: I know Google has a Structured Data Testing Tool here: https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/u/0/

I don't think it works with Client-Side content, so just wondering if there is another way to test?

This seems to be a major problem that I don't see a lot of people talking about. I can only find the article Miriam Ellis stated in the original posts (http://reviewfraud.org/4-star-negative-review-attacks/). There is a growing discussion on Google's GMB community forum with business owners trying to get these fake review removed but not much more.

The article linked above stated that "Over two million three seventy-eight thousand ratings have been left by these 27 profiles" and the number continues to grow.

To me, this seems like a very serious issue that has the potential to damage Google's integrity tremendously. Reviews are at the core of local search and are widely trusted by Google users. If Google doesn't figure out a way to stop this I would assume that people would lose trust in ratings and become obsolete to Google users. I would also assume that this would negatively impact relationships with business owners. Continuing to report fake reviews to Google one at a time to get them removed seems like a ridiculas task for business owners.

Is there something I'm missing?

Please help me understand.

This seems to be a major problem that I don't see a lot of people talking about. I can only find the article Miriam Ellis stated in the original posts (http://reviewfraud.org/4-star-negative-review-attacks/). There is a growing discussion on Google's GMB community forum with business owners trying to get these fake review removed but not much more.

The article linked above stated that "Over two million three seventy-eight thousand ratings have been left by these 27 profiles" and the number continues to grow.

To me, this seems like a very serious issue that has the potential to damage Google's integrity tremendously. Reviews are at the core of local search and are widely trusted by Google users. If Google doesn't figure out a way to stop this I would assume that people would lose trust in ratings and become obsolete to Google users. I would also assume that this would negatively impact relationships with business owners. Continuing to report fake reviews to Google one at a time to get them removed seems like a ridiculas task for business owners.

Is there something I'm missing?

Please help me understand.