What changed?
In Q1 2026, Google quietly tightened its fake-review filter by two notches.
The algorithm now applies extra filtering to "multiple reviews from the same device" and "reviews without a geographic match." Devastating for teams who buy fake reviews; for organic collectors it means starting ahead of the competition.
Build a QR-based flow.
Reviews from real customers look natural to Google's sensors.
When you collect through QR, the IP, device and location signals are already organic; the algorithmic suspicion score stays low. Buaze tracks these signals across platforms and flags reviews that cross a risk threshold.
- 01A unique code for every table and staff member
- 02Scan → rate → review in 20 seconds
- 03Happy goes to Google; unhappy goes to your team
Timing decides everything.
Invites at checkout — or 1–4 hours after service — yield the highest conversion.
Past 24 hours the rate halves. After 72 hours it switches from organic to "solicited" — a class Google weighs differently.
Mind the incentive line.
"Discount for a Google review" → policy violation.
Google treats any material incentive offered in exchange for a review as a violation. Reviews can be removed, accounts flagged, and in severe cases the listing suspended. Never tie an incentive to a platform review link.
“Fake reviews are a short-term performance, real reviews are long-term capital. All Buaze does is tilt the gap between them in the operator's favour.”
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