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How did you get in touch with Google at all? They're displaying my full name, along with an invalid phone number at my address on Google Maps. That means my na
by fogihujy 5y ago
How did you get in touch with Google at all?
They're displaying my full name, along with an invalid phone number at my address on Google Maps. That means my name has been on multiple maps used by others using Google Maps as a map source.
I've tried contacting them through their "remove my data form" but they don't reply. I would like to try something else before reporting them to the authorities and risking getting my Google account shut down.
- sofixa 5y agoIf you want to, you can send me the listing privately. I'm a level something Google Local Guide and I've had wrong entries / info ( like family phone numbers showing up on wrong places under Google Maps listings) removed directly upon reporting them, presumably based on my reputation. Can't promise anything, but i can try.
- Dumblydorr 5y agoThis is surreal. You're a volunteer google guide, you're actually helping google by being a local guide. And now they're having free work done for them by you. Now does Google have the worst customer service, or does Google have the absolutely most terrible customer service?
- sofixa 5y agoI'm not doing it for them. When I'm in a new city, i use google maps to see what's what. Is that restaurant a terrible tourist trap? Do they have food that I'd like? You get the gist. Since i rely on it it's only fair that i do my part for the other people relying on it. It doesn't take a long time to leave a small review of a restaurant or museum, or correct opening hours. Certainly less than it'd take me to find the same information without Google Maps.
- bmd3991 5y agoFWIW I appreciate what you do
- DecoPerson 5y agoI too am a level something Google Guide. It really frustrates me that Google is the medium in which we cooperate. I would prefer to contribute to an open, not-for-profit platform. Unfortunately, no such platform exists and if it did, I doubt it would be as good as Google Maps. Not because of a lack of programming, design, and other talent, but because the big tech companies have made it impossible to compete. With patents, control of user discovery (via Google Search), control of availability to users (via app stores and restricted capabilities such as Android Auto & Apple CarPlay), aggressive undercutting/loss-leadership (Google Maps is free to users but businesses pay a massive premium to be seen), wide-spread suppression of debate (say something bad about a FAANG? You might never be able to work there), and absorbing of potential competition (via acquisition of any small startup that innovates in the same space), it’s virtually impossible to enter the space and survive independently.
- dudus 5y agoWhy not use and contribute to OpenStreetMap instead?
- fogihujy 5y agoFirst of all, thank you for the offer. I don't want this account directly liked to my person though, so I must decline.