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So anytime I am browsing around Google Maps, I find bogus businesses and fake locations. It is not uncommon for cottage industries to register themselves at the
by NoZebra120vClip 3y ago
So anytime I am browsing around Google Maps, I find bogus businesses and fake locations. It is not uncommon for cottage industries to register themselves at the address of a USPS station, for example. Or something like a hairdresser to use her home address. Sometimes, web-only businesses will just register the center of an intersection somewhere seemingly random, hoping nobody will notice, I suppose.
Google is totally responsive to reports about this fakery and they usually publish my suggestions within 0-24 hours. Since Maps is already crowdsourced, they like to get this information from real users and refine what they've got, because it typically just operates on a heapin' helpin' of trusting strangers.
- richbell 3y agoIt's rampant. Locksmiths, appliance repairs, flowers, you name it. Unfortunately, I have not had similar luck in reporting obviously fake businesses. https://youtu.be/bvlzZnhZhrc https://youtu.be/bvlzZnhZhrc