David Prieto

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

More and better reviews

It's been roughly a year since Google integrated our business reviews in Google+, and a couple months since they were added as a tab in our profiles. And while these are great as they are, here's how they could be even better.

First, don't just show local reviews. We are reviewing much more than local business for Google, ranging from apps, books, albums and movies in Google Play to consumer products in Google Shopping. Why not show these too in our Reviews tab?

Second, let readers do with them everything they would be able to do with a post. Right now anyone reading a review can share it, but they can't +1 it to show their support, or even comment on it to show their agreement or disagreement. Why not allow them to?


Third and last, don't force us to use our real names to review every single item. As I proposed here, we should be able to use a page to share any kind of content to Google+. Now if for whatever reason we don't want our name associated with a particular review, why not let us do that in reviews too?


Would you like to see these changes? Please leave a comment and, if you want, send them as feedback to Google to let them know.

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