[kbcool]

I accept that Google can't always pick these apps up when published but they need a transparent mechanism for reporting and taking them down.

I have a successful app on the Play store that is becoming less and less successful over time because almost all the competition do not play by the rules and violate the terms in one way or another but mostly comment spam which unfairly boosts their rankings.

Google do have a page to report them on but the response despite giving clear examples of repeated review and repeated fake reviewers is always thanks for your report and that's it.

So far I've not seen any action. Apps are still there and still full of fake reviews.