# Google Releases February 2023 Product Reviews Update

- Link: https://www.boostability.com/seo-content/february-2023-product-reviews-update/
- Published: 2023-02-22T15:55:33-07:00
- Author: boodev2026

Google announced an important update to its Product Reviews System on February 21,
2023. This month’s update to Google Search’s product reviews system builds off the
[September 2022 update](https://www.boostability.com/content/google-september-2022-product-reviews-update),
with an expansion to ten more widely-spoken languages, namely:

 * Spanish
 * German
 * Italian
 * French
 * Vietnamese
 * Indonesian
 * Russian
 * Dutch
 * Portuguese
 * Polish

> Today we released the February 2023 product reviews update, which applies to these
> languages globally: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Vietnamese, Indonesian,
> Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish. It’ll take ~2 weeks to fully roll out. More
> here: [https://t.co/YpNnK97G3O](https://t.co/YpNnK97G3O)
>  — Google Search Central (@googlesearchc) [February 21, 2023](https://twitter.com/googlesearchc/status/1628153197515661312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The February 2023 Product Reviews update to Google Search’s system evaluates reviews
on web pages as a factor for ranking on SERPs. Google prioritizes high quality reviews
with insightful analysis and original research by experts or well-informed enthusiasts.

The _product reviews system_ ensures that users see high quality reviews with in-
depth research, rather than thin summaries of products that don’t truly help users
or potential customers.

Reviews happen on a page-level basis. For business sites that have a substantial
amount of product review content, Google might evaluate any content on the site.
For smaller businesses (or those with few reviews), site-wide evaluations are not
likely.

As the rollout for this service may take up to two weeks, you might see some fluctuations
in your search rankings. [According to Google](https://developers.google.com/search/updates/product-reviews-update),“
content that was impacted by a product reviews update might not recover until the
next product reviews update is released.” However, if your site is affected by these
changes, don’t worry– it should settle after the update is finished.