When you ask your mom from the back seat if we can get Sid Meier's Civilization, and she shoots you down by insisting, "We have Civilization at home," Millennia is the Civilization at home. That may ...

In 2025, Google is removing reviews at unprecedented rates – and it is not accidental. Our industry analysis of 60,000 Google Business Profiles shows that deletions are being driven by a mix of: ...

It’s widely agreed upon that the Department of Motor Vehicles is hell on earth. Long wait times and extensive paperwork contribute to poor attitudes and short tempers across the board. Neither the ...

Movers, roofing companies and others are being bombarded with phony one-star reviews on Google Maps. Then they’re asked to pay up. By Stuart A. Thompson Stuart Thompson first wrote about the ...

Small business owners are being targeted by scam artists who flood Google Maps and other sites with phony false reviews and then extort the business owner, offering to remove the reviews for a price.

Steam user reviews have become weapons for voicing discontent, which might be why Valve is tinkering with how they work. In the past, scrolling down to read other people's opinions would present ...

Katie Mehr does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

Around 8% of the 31.1 million reviews submitted to Tripadvisor in 2024 were fake, according to the "Tripadvisor Transparency Report 2025." That's more than twice the number detected in 2022, company ...

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Netflix's "Adolescence" is getting rave reviews. The new crime drama mini-series, released Thursday on Netflix, has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes based on the scores of seven critics, with more praise ...

It’s well known that consumers value online reviews: As many as 98% report that they rely on reviews to inform purchase decisions, with some consumers listing it as the number-one factor they consider ...