Google Maps is filled with false business addresses pretending to be nearby

Re:Google Maps is filled with false business addresses prete... by TeMPOraL on Thursday June 20, 2019 @04:55PM (#20237278)

Hopefully. I'd happily pay someone for curated listings and reviews (we don't seem to have something like Consumer Reports over in the EU; at least I don't know of anything). Everything that's not either a recommendation from a person you know or community forums around a particular niche seems to be thoroughly gamed.

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Re:Google Maps is filled with false business addresses prete... by kalleboo on Friday June 21, 2019 @01:24AM (#20240083)

There's nothing EU-wide, but many countries have their own versions. In Sweden there's "Råd & Rön" which was previously published by the government consumer advocacy agency and now by an independent Consumer's Association.

See this link for a list of EU national organizations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_European_Consumer_Organisa...

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Re:Google Maps is filled with false business addresses prete... by specialist on Friday June 21, 2019 @09:03AM (#20242132)

Juicing engagement necessarily comes at the expense of trustworthiness.

(I initially inadvertently typoed "truthworthiness", which I think is more apt.)

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Re:Google Maps is filled with false business addresses prete... by blub on Thursday June 20, 2019 @05:20PM (#20237506)

There's the Stiftung Warentest in Germany (test.de).

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Re:Google Maps is filled with false business addresses prete... by rwmj on Thursday June 20, 2019 @06:59PM (#20238262)

Which? magazine in the UK.

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