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BRIGHTON, England, Feb. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fresh research from local SEO platform, BrightLocal, finds that the prominence of fake consumer reviews on popular sites like Google, Amazon and Facebook significantly damages trust in those companies and the reviews they host.
The Local Consumer Review Survey, an annual report that was first released in 2010, explores how consumers behave around online reviews for businesses, and the factors that influence their decisions to use a business.
Regarding big tech, online reviews and consumer opinion, the latest edition, finds:
62% of respondents believe they saw at least one fake review in 2021.
Over half (52%) of consumers are confident that they saw fake reviews on Amazon in 2021.
Half (50%) are confident that they saw fake reviews on Google in 2021.
37% are confident that they saw fake reviews on Facebook in 2021.
The presence of fake reviews appears to be eroding the overall trust in reviews on these sites and on the internet in general.
70% of consumers said they are "very" or "fairly" suspicious of reviews on Facebook.
59% of consumers said they are "very" or "fairly" suspicious of reviews on Amazon.
45% of consumers said they are "very" or "fairly" suspicious of reviews on Google.
Just over two-thirds (67%) of consumers say that the existence of fake reviews makes them distrustful of online reviews in general.
BrightLocal's Head of Content and author...
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