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Summary

  • Google now prioritizes audience scores over critic scores for Rotten Tomatoes reviews in searches.
  • Critics' scores were showcased in Google search before, but now audience scores are displayed first.

Google has changed the way Rotten Tomatoes scores appear in the search engine, no longer prioritizing critic scores when looking up reviews for movies. The website focuses on rounding up reviews from major online sources, presenting them as a percentage score to inform consumers of the overall reaction to new releases. This included showcasing critic's scores via Google search, making it easy for audiences to know what reactions to new films are like.

Now, Google has changed the way in which Rotten Tomatoes review scores appear in searches, with the audience score now being prioritized over critic's scores. As noticed by wyattyhalpert and billiemelissa_, searching a movie through Google now brings up the audience scores as the first number consumers will see when looking for a movie's rating on the site. Check out how the change has been reflected via Challengers and Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver reviews below:

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Source: wyattyhalpert/Twitter; billiemelissa_/Twitter