GMB Reviews? How to spoof the device? Which identifiers do they check?

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So I am finally able to verify physical places in multiple cities after tons of trial and error. Now my next problem is getting reviews to stick. I have a few android devices that are rooted, I will be using 4G proxies, and 1 gmail / 1 review.

But what other identifiers does google check? Do I use something like magisk to spoof the device? Any help would be appreciated.

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The best real way is to use older gmails, have some "normal activity" in it (log into gmail and then see some youtube videos, access some sites, send and receive some emails... basically the same thing you'd do to create a new google ads account), and after some time (usally a week or two is enough) google will treat this gmail as real and your reviews will stick. Just a caution: refrain from using the same gmail to many countries at once. If you think how a normal person would do, they'd usually review many places in the same city or state. If you warmup the account and create the first review in Vietnam (for example), and the second one in Germany.... both will probably go down.

You'll be able to review many places around the world once this profile is around 6 months old (with regular activity). It's a lot of work, but it's worth it! Success in your journey my friend!
 
Honestly, I wouldn’t bother with Magisk or device spoofing.

Google looks at more than just IPs and devices and fake looking review patterns can still get filtered.

If you want reviews to stick long-term, genuine accounts and real customer activity is still the safest bet.
 
app_pilot said:
did u warmup the accounts first? might be because of the accounts being fresh.
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Yeah they are. My concern is more of device fingerprinting.

itsworth said:
The best real way is to use older gmails, have some "normal activity" in it (log into gmail and then see some youtube videos, access some sites, send and receive some emails... basically the same thing you'd do to create a new google ads account), and after some time (usally a week or two is enough) google will treat this gmail as real and your reviews will stick. Just a caution: refrain from using the same gmail to many countries at once. If you think how a normal person would do, they'd usually review many places in the same city or state. If you warmup the account and create the first review in Vietnam (for example), and the second one in Germany.... both will probably go down.

You'll be able to review many places around the world once this profile is around 6 months old (with regular activity). It's a lot of work, but it's worth it! Success in your journey my friend!
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Yes, all of the accounts are local. My concern is more about device fingerprinting.

WickednDivine said:
Honestly, I wouldn’t bother with Magisk or device spoofing.

Google looks at more than just IPs and devices and fake looking review patterns can still get filtered.

If you want reviews to stick long-term, genuine accounts and real customer activity is still the safest bet.
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All of my accounts are used regularly like a real person. My concern is more about device fingerprinting. Like I'm sure I'll be leaving something behind if I am using the same phone.

I understand the real customer activity but I am renting these GMBs and in the beginning I need to get some reviews to outrank a few businesses.
 
Now we're in the era where even real reviews get flagged or removed for no reason. They call it a "bug" and are not ready to fix that! This has been the case since summer 2024.
 
Let’s use logic here. When your accounts are used to review any other business, the reviews stick, but they don’t stick on yours. So what’s the connection? It means Google sees a pattern in the profiles leaving reviews for your business. Start there, and you’ll know what you need to change.
 
Dresden said:
Yeah they are. My concern is more of device fingerprinting.


Yes, all of the accounts are local. My concern is more about device fingerprinting.


All of my accounts are used regularly like a real person. My concern is more about device fingerprinting. Like I'm sure I'll be leaving something behind if I am using the same phone.

I understand the real customer activity but I am renting these GMBs and in the beginning I need to get some reviews to outrank a few businesses.
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Bro, i gonna be totally honest with you: if you setup the way i told you, it will work. Even more if you have a complete device isolation (and i guess you do, since you are the one creating the gmbs from what i understood). If you do all that and the review still don't stick, the only reason left is that you're trying to review the gmb profile too early (if you approve a gmb and try to review one or two days later, naturally google will think it's fake, real businesses take a while to receive reviews).

That's the main reason why while there are many suppliers of those "sticky reviews", many fail to really stick. People create the gmb and think that 2 days later they could send 50 reviews and they would work. Once again, it need to be natural as if it was a legit business.
 
itsworth said:
Bro, i gonna be totally honest with you: if you setup the way i told you, it will work. Even more if you have a complete device isolation (and i guess you do, since you are the one creating the gmbs from what i understood). If you do all that and the review still don't stick, the only reason left is that you're trying to review the gmb profile too early (if you approve a gmb and try to review one or two days later, naturally google will think it's fake, real businesses take a while to receive reviews).

That's the main reason why while there are many suppliers of those "sticky reviews", many fail to really stick. People create the gmb and think that 2 days later they could send 50 reviews and they would work. Once again, it need to be natural as if it was a legit business.
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No, I am taking it slow. I'm only looking for like 20 reviews, I had a few not stick but most stayed. The reason I asked is because I don't want to risk my GMBs getting taken down. I already have some contractors working on the leads and I don't want to risk losing the income. I thought maybe resetting the device each time would be a lot safer option.
 
Dresden said:
No, I am taking it slow. I'm only looking for like 20 reviews, I had a few not stick but most stayed. The reason I asked is because I don't want to risk my GMBs getting taken down. I already have some contractors working on the leads and I don't want to risk losing the income. I thought maybe resetting the device each time would be a lot safer option.
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No man, it's the total oposite: anything related to google needs stability. If you created the account in an enviroment (either if the account is in a physical or virtual smartphone, in an ads power or dolphin anty profile, or anywhere), you always need to use the account in that environment.

Of course, once you warm it enough, than you'll be able to use in other environments. And something i always do when the profile is new if just "go" to the place (with your spoofed location), and eventually leave the review there (like you go to a store, and when inside the store you leave a review you know). Can't say for sure if that makes a difference, but i never lost a gmb profile, and it's been a while i deal with that.
 
Hi maybe You can help me out, do I need a new ip to go along with my older family account in order to setup a new gmb about 60 miles away from me. I am doing home handy man service and want to expand. Thanks
 
itsworth said:
No man, it's the total oposite: anything related to google needs stability. If you created the account in an enviroment (either if the account is in a physical or virtual smartphone, in an ads power or dolphin anty profile, or anywhere), you always need to use the account in that environment.

Of course, once you warm it enough, than you'll be able to use in other environments. And something i always do when the profile is new if just "go" to the place (with your spoofed location), and eventually leave the review there (like you go to a store, and when inside the store you leave a review you know). Can't say for sure if that makes a difference, but i never lost a gmb profile, and it's been a while i deal with that.
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Got it so even if I have 1 phone, and 20 accounts, I don't have to worry about fingerprints? Just use the accounts like a normal person and eventually leave a review? Yes, I have been spoofing my location too.

RingAdvantage said:
Hi maybe You can help me out, do I need a new ip to go along with my older family account in order to setup a new gmb about 60 miles away from me. I am doing home handy man service and want to expand. Thanks
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You need to be able to fake the verification video. If you are doing something like cleaning, handyman etc. you might get away without having to do the verification video, but you must use an older gmail account. If you're doing roof, solar panels etc. you're going to have to get a verification video done. Also best to have the location on your phone spoofed to the GPS coordinates of where you will be operating from.
 
I would not try to spoof the device for this. Google can look at a lot more than just the IP, so changing one identifier probably won't solve the issue anyway.
 
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