Millions of Business Listings on Google Maps Are Fake—and Google Profits

Out of habit, Nancy Carter, a retired federal employee, turned to Google for help one August evening. She ended the night wishing she hadn’t.

Ms. Carter had pulled into her Falls Church, Va., driveway and saw the garage door was stuck. The 67-year-old searched Google and found the listing of a local repair service she had used before. She phoned in a house call.

google along with their subsidiaries can be separated may allow for better guide lines regarding such matters. POTUS

We need a way to monitor and manage this information

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Google Maps Littered With Fake Business Listings, Tormenting Competitors and CustomersMillions of pushpins on Google Maps point to false business addresses created by firms pretending to be nearby. Some are fibbing to get your business. Others are posted by predators seeing what they can take. Interesting read!
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