I do a lot of Google Maps moderation and there’s a ton of bad changes being attempted every day. Honestly I’m amazed Google doesn’t bother to vet anyone really. Becoming a local guide is easy and not that difficult for a spam group to create enough fake accounts to get things pushed through. Just last night I caught the local Target that was reclassified as a “prison”.
What Google needs to do is lock information for verified businesses or businesses they’re directly scraping from the Corp location pages.
What Google needs to do is lock information for verified businesses or businesses they’re directly scraping from the Corp location pages.