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I've tried to report this map spam before - details at https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2018/04/hundreds-of-thousands-of-spam-listings-on-google-my-maps/ https://shkspr
by edent 8y ago
I've tried to report this map spam before - details at https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2018/04/hundreds-of-thousands-of-spam-listings-on-google-my-maps/ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2018/04/hundreds-of-thousands-of-sp...
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- jpatokal 8y agoYour blog post appears to be conflating Google Maps with MyMaps. MyMaps lets people create & publish their own maps with random POIs: for example, here's a map of nice wineries around Melbourne. https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mtgpe7JU9OtHUUdvG_A6Uq0eTpQ&usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mtgpe7JU9OtHUUdvG_A6Uq0eTp... However, these do not show up in the "main" Google Maps, and adding spam to them isn't any more effective than adding spam to a random website. Disclaimer: I used to work at Google Maps.
- edent 8y agoI mean, the url for these spam entries starts "Google.com/maps" so I think it is pretty reasonable to call this Google Maps spam. I don't remember how I found those specific ones, but using Google Maps for Android finds some pretty similar entries. Perhaps you could pass that on to your old team?