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The reputation playbook.

Field notes on reviews, trust and revenue for e-commerce brands. No fluff. Only what moves the score.

25 Sep 2026

Trustpilot vs Google Reviews: Where Should an Online Store Focus?

One is a destination for investigators, the other is ambient reassurance. What each platform does, where each wins, and the split that covers the f...

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23 Sep 2026

How to Remove a Fake Google Review: The Exact Process

Google removes less than you hope and more than nothing. The policy categories that work, the Reviews Management Tool, and realistic odds.

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21 Sep 2026

How to Report a Fake Review on Trustpilot (and When It Actually Works)

What Trustpilot removes, what it never will, the four-step process that works, and the behaviours that get your flags ignored.

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18 Sep 2026

We Analysed 578 E-commerce Brands With Damaged Ratings. Here Is What They Have in Common.

80% collect no reviews. 56% never answer their negatives. A quarter of established profiles are frozen. Original data on 578 UK and French brands r...

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16 Sep 2026

Frozen Reputation: Why Your Trustpilot Score Has Not Moved in Two Years

Hundreds of reviews, almost none recent: a rating decided years ago that nobody challenges. Why a frozen profile costs more than a bad one, and how...

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14 Sep 2026

Review Gating and the UK DMCC Act: What Online Stores Can and Cannot Do

Filtering unhappy customers out of your review flow now carries fines up to 10% of global turnover in the UK. What gating is, what changed in April...

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11 Sep 2026

How to Get More Google Reviews for an Online Store

Google reviews are three different systems: Business Profile, seller ratings and product ratings. Which ones an online store can actually get, and ...

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09 Sep 2026

How to Get More Trustpilot Reviews Without Breaking Trustpilot's Rules

Happy customers rarely review on their own. How to ask them properly: the rules, the timing window that changes everything, and the invitation that...

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04 Sep 2026

How to Respond to a 1-Star Review: 12 Templates That Calm Angry Customers

Buyers read your worst reviews first, and they judge your reply as much as the complaint. The four rules, 12 copy-paste templates, and what never t...

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