Fudge
CEO & Founder
Fudge founded Review Revolution and leads the company. They write about review strategy, local visibility, and the operational habits that actually move a business's rating.
Articles
Google Review Ranking Factors: What Influences Your Local Visibility
A clear breakdown of review-related factors that affect how customers see your business on Google Maps and what you can control through service and systems.
How Google Reviews Affect Local SEO and Maps Rankings
Learn which review signals influence local pack visibility, how recency and keywords matter, and what hospitality businesses can do to improve discovery without gaming the algorithm.
How to Get More Google Reviews (Without Breaking Google's Policies)
Learn practical strategies that help restaurants, hotels, cafés, and hospitality businesses generate authentic Google reviews while strengthening guest trust and protecting their online reputation.
Online Reputation ROI: Connecting Reviews to Revenue
How to estimate the revenue impact of ratings, review volume, and response quality so owners justify investment in reputation systems.
How to Report and Remove Fake Google Reviews
Step-by-step guidance for flagging policy-violating reviews, documenting your case, and protecting your rating while staying compliant with Google's processes.
Why Reputation Management Should Be Part of Your Daily Operations
Discover why the strongest hospitality reputations are built through daily operational excellence, not occasional marketing campaigns, and how every team member influences what guests eventually say online.
Reputation Management Guide for Small and Medium Businesses
A practical framework for SMBs to monitor reviews, respond consistently, prevent crises, and tie reputation to revenue without a full-time marketing team.
Review Response Templates and Policy for Hospitality Teams
Adaptable templates and guardrails for positive, neutral, and negative reviews that keep your brand consistent while sounding human on Google and other platforms.