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Why Google Deletes 2% of Reviews, Siri Search, Google’s New In-Stock Check & Its Ad Revenue Miss

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Google deletes just under 2% of new reviews within a week, and a new study of nearly five million reviews shows it's spikes, not content, that set it off. Greg Sterling and Mike Blumenthal walk through the Reviewflowz and Cartelis findings, explain why the study only sees Google's second pass, and share what to do when your profile gets hit with the 30-day review posting penalty.

Then: Mike tests Siri's new search in iOS 27.2 and Google's Let Google Call inventory agent (it took 48 hours), and the hosts unpack Alphabet's earnings miss, where Google admitted AI Mode makes less…

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