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> That's still Google's fault. If their service is providing out-of-date information, it's their fault. Huh? If the business owners aren't updating the correct
by dntrkv 5y ago
> That's still Google's fault. If their service is providing out-of-date information, it's their fault.
Huh? If the business owners aren't updating the correct info in My Business, how can that possibly be Google's fault?
- wizzwizz4 5y agoBecause this means My Business is not fit for purpose. Google is a web search engine, not a Google proprietary DB search engine.
- dncornholio 5y agoGoogle is an advertising company.. not a search engine
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Google is an advertising company Google is a company that sells space for ads; an “advertising company” conventionally refers to a company that designs ad campaigns and purchases ad space for them on behalf of a client. > not a search engine. No, its both. Just as historically newspapers publishers in the US have been both producers of newspapers and companies that sell ad space.
- wizzwizz4 5y agoGoogle the company is an ad intermediary company. Google is also the colloquial name of Google Search.
- dcow 5y agoIf this were the case then one would expect Google to be paying businesses for up-to-date information with a contractual SLA.
- hermitdev 5y agoJust because Google scrapes my website once to seed their database doesn't make me responsible for being their data monkey to keep it updated. If Google is scraping this information and keeping it separate, unlinked and un-updated from its source of truth, how is that anyone but Google's fault?
- viraptor 5y agoYou have to register your business page. It's not automatic. I believe op here meant a Google business listing which was created by the owner explicitly, but not updated.
- Piskvorrr 5y agoIt's not? Interesting. Literally hundreds of business listings popped up in Google Maps overnight, a few months ago, which appear very much scraped out of some registry - name, category, address, nothing else. Similarly with the """"place names"""" that seem to be based on people's personal remarks, and about as inaccurate.
- viraptor 5y agoGoogle map entries are connected to, but not the same as business entries. https://www.google.com.au/business/ https://www.google.com.au/business/ Once you claim your business location, most submitted changes should come to you for review. (There may be exceptions, I'm not an expert here)