Has anyone actually managed to push a bad review page off page 1 in 2026?
I swear google's push toward community/review content is making brand reputation a nightmare right now.
We have a single bad review page sitting at #2 for our brand name. we're trying to build up our other assets (PR pieces, secondary profiles, etc.) to outrank it, but google just seems to keep that review domain glued to the top.
I've been looking into link building as one possible way to strengthen the positive pages. came across a few vendors while researching, including fatjoe and buylinkpro, but honestly i'm pretty skeptical about whether backlinks alone can still move the needle against high-authority review domains.
for anyone who's dealt with this recently: did building links to ur positive pagess actually move the negative result to page 2, or did u find that review sites were basically impossible to displace?