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Google Maps Spam-Reporting System: the Toilet That Flushes 60% of the Time (on a Good Day)
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In the past couple of years, I’ve heard many local SEOs and a few hands-on business owners make a comment to the effect of, “Google Maps doesn’t approve anti-spam edits anymore.” There’s more than grain of truth to that.
Google never has been good about policing the local map enough to show businesses that playing it straight is worth the restraint. In recent years Google doesn’t seem to have gotten any better and may even have gotten worse, especially given its more-relaxed policies toward non-in-person businesses since 2020.
You may already have an objection to the effect of, “I’m a ‘live and let live’ type” or “I don’t want to rat anyone out.” My philosophy here is simple: if competitors are to outrank you, at least make them work for it. If you want to l...