Is "Review Gating" Against Google's Policy? What You Can (and Can't) Do When Asking for Reviews
The line between compliant review solicitation and prohibited gating or incentives — with concrete do/don't examples for local businesses.
Read articleNathan Rossiter is the founder of GR Widget and has more than 25 years of experience working with websites, digital products and online businesses.
Through GR Widget and his broader work with eXthus, Nathan has worked across web design and development, digital marketing, SEO, SaaS products and AI-assisted systems. His work combines the technical side of building and integrating websites with the commercial side of attracting visitors, improving conversions and creating products people can actually use.
He is directly involved in the development and operation of GR Widget, including its WordPress plugin, website integrations, review syncing, layouts, product development and customer support. That gives him first-hand experience with the practical problems businesses, marketers and developers encounter when displaying and managing Google reviews online.
Nathan writes the GR Widget blog about Google reviews, website implementation, reputation management, SEO, customer feedback and the practical lessons that come from building and supporting digital products.
The line between compliant review solicitation and prohibited gating or incentives — with concrete do/don't examples for local businesses.
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