Earlier this week, the New York Times spotlighted how a merchant with bad reviews nonetheless was ranked well in Google. Today, Google has announced that changes to its ranking system are in place to prevent such things from happening again.

What does this mean? Well, if you own a business you ought to verify your business listings & manage them Even though Google Places, Yelp, Trip Adviser etc. don’t like a company blatantly soliciting reviews, there are ways to do it subtly.  And today we see that it can be those subtle hints that will get your business on the top of Google.

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