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Are those 5-star reviews real?

Paste a Google Maps link. We pull the reviews, run forensic pattern analysis, and hand you the evidence — free.

Accepts google.com/maps and maps.app.goo.gl links.

How the investigation works

  1. 01

    Collect

    We fetch every public review of the place, plus reviewer profiles for the suspicious ones.

  2. 02

    Analyze

    Rule-based scorers hunt for review bursts, throwaway accounts, and near-duplicate texts.

  3. 03

    Report

    You get a 0–100 manipulation score, a verdict, and every flagged review as evidence.

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How to Ask Customers for Reviews Without Breaking FTC or Google's Rules

Asking every customer for a review is legal and effective, but the FTC's Consumer Review Rule and Google's 2026 Rating Manipulation Policy narrow exactly how you can do it. This guide lays out what a compliant request process looks like, with a do/don't table and a template you can use as-is.

Andrew Keymaster · Sep 11, 2026 · 6 min

How to Check a Contractor's Reviews Before You Hire Them — Revdict

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How to Check a Contractor's Reviews Before You Hire Them

A star average tells you nothing about whether a contractor's reviews are real. Here is a practical checklist for spotting a manufactured review history before you pay a deposit, grounded in real roofing and plumbing listings and the FTC's first fake-listings case against a home-repair operation.

Andrew Keymaster · Sep 7, 2026 · 6 min