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Do Google Review Alerts Give You Major Anxiety?

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Does anyone else get major anxiety when you get an email saying a person left you a Google review? — Megan Kurzweil, Forepaws, Minooka, IL
  • 30 years in and I still hold my breath. Karen Conell, The Bark Market, Delavan, WI
  • We get mostly great ones! But yes, I’m anxious seeing those emails. — Joanna Bronowicka, Well Bred, Chatham, NJ
  • We have around 700 reviews and most are 5 stars, and I still get nervous. — Gregg DePhillips, J-B Pet Supplies, Oakland, NJ
  • Yes. Tonight. It was 5 stars, but I still held my breath. — Cindy McFaden Samartino, Wiggle Butt & Whiskers, Leesburg, VA
  • Yes! 1000%! Especially after Covid. People were MEAN then about mask policies. — Shane Somerville, Paddywack, Mill Creek, WA
  • Yes! Every single time! — Jasmine Amlani, Healthy Paws & Co., San Antonio, TX

Editor’s note: All answers printed with permission, edited for clarity and length. Join the private PETS+ Facebook Community for retailers and service providers at facebook.com/groups/petsplusmagcommunity.

PETS+ Staff

Since launching in 2017, PETS+ has won 24 major international journalism awards for its publication and website and was a finalist for Best Single Issue in the prestigious Neal Awards in both 2017 and 2024.

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