Google lets any publisher apply to have “Critic Reviews” of local businesses

Want to have your “critic review” of a local business perhaps appear in relation to it within Google search? Today, Google’s announced that any publisher can apply to participate. Last year, Google launched the “Critic Reviews” feature for movies, TV shows and books. Last week, Google announced it was now available for local businesses, such as restaurants. How the “Critic Reviews” feature looks For example, a search for the San Francisco restaurant Gary Danko brings up a “Critic reviews” section within the Knowledge Graph panel for the restaurant on desktop: On mobile devices — which is how most people search on Google these days — the section gets much more prominent placement Who gets to be listed in Critic Reviews? When Google announced the feature for local businesses last week, it listed a few partners but not all of them. Notably absent as partners were Yelp and TripAdvisor, which accurately complained earlier this week that the new feature caused their listings in Google on mobile search Search Engine Land Source

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