# Is ReviewGrowth allowed under Google's review policy?

> Yes. Google prohibits review gating (steering unhappy customers away from public reviews). ReviewGrowth invites everyone to review publicly and stays compliant by default.

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## The short version

Yes, ReviewGrowth is allowed. Google's guidelines prohibit **review gating**, which means selectively asking only happy customers for public reviews while steering unhappy ones away. ReviewGrowth does **not** do that. Everyone who uses your funnel is invited to leave a public review, and everyone is also offered a private way to reach you directly. That is the difference between gaming the system and simply asking more people, the right way.

## What review gating actually is

Classic gating shows the Google link *only* to people who rate you highly, and quietly diverts low ratings into a private form so they never become public. It can inflate your rating artificially, which is exactly why it can get a listing penalized. Many cheap "review funnel" tools work this way by default.

This is not our interpretation. Google's own prohibited and restricted content policy for Business Profiles states that businesses should not discourage or prohibit negative reviews, or selectively solicit positive ones. Source: https://support.google.com/business/answer/7400114

## How ReviewGrowth is different

ReviewGrowth runs in **Compliance Mode by default**. When a customer taps a star:

- A happy customer is taken straight to your public Google review page.
- An unhappy customer is offered a private channel to reach you first, and is still welcome to leave a public review.
- No one is hidden from Google. Nothing is filtered. There is no gating switch to flip.

## Why this still grows your rating

Most happy customers simply never get around to leaving a review. ReviewGrowth fixes the volume problem honestly: by asking **everyone**, at the moment they are happiest, you get far more genuine 5-star reviews, enough that you never need to cheat. The unhappy feedback you catch privately is a bonus, a chance to fix a problem before it becomes a permanent 1-star.

## Our promise

We will never sell, package, advertise, or upsell review-gating, at any tier or any price. Compliance is not a feature you buy. It is simply how ReviewGrowth works.

## Compliance FAQ

### Is using a review funnel against Google's policy?

It depends on how the funnel works. Google prohibits review gating, which means selectively asking only happy customers for public reviews while steering unhappy ones away. ReviewGrowth does not do that. Everyone is invited to leave a public review, and everyone is also offered a private way to reach you directly.

### Is ReviewGrowth compliant with Google's review policy?

Yes. ReviewGrowth runs in Compliance Mode by default. No customer is ever hidden from Google, nothing is filtered, and there is no gating switch to flip. You simply ask more people, at the moment they are happiest.

### What is review gating?

Review gating shows the Google review link only to people who rate you highly and quietly diverts low ratings into a private form so they never become public. It can inflate a rating artificially, which is exactly why it can get a Google listing penalized.

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