Real world examples with images and instruction for how to detect various types of Google Maps Spam.
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Fighting Spam on Google Maps
Google My Business listings is a free tool giving businesses an extraordinary opportunity to be found by customers. Unfortunately this product is also vulnerable to spam or fake accounts. These hurt local legitimate local businesses and hurt consumer confidence. Learn more about Google Map spam and how you can help fight it.How to Contact Google My Business Support (2020)
Google Support Contacts Below you will find arguably the most important and hard to find links to take you directly to useful resources about managing your Google My Business listings. In November 2019 Google closed off call-in phone support, so all support is started initially by filling out a form. The support teams are in […]
How to Report Google My Business Spam (2021)
How to Detect & Tell Google about Fake Listings Google does admit a percentage of business listings on Google Maps are not legit, and provides a few different tools you can use to report problems or recommend Google fix them. The Google Maps system ebbs and flows with how badly the fraudulent listings fill the […]