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Re:Google turned me into a serial killer by hermitdev on Friday June 25, 2021 @01:22AM (#27627395)
Just because Google scrapes my website once to seed their database doesn't make me responsible for being their data monkey to keep it updated.

If Google is scraping this information and keeping it separate, unlinked and un-updated from its source of truth, how is that anyone but Google's fault?

Re:Google turned me into a serial killer by viraptor on Friday June 25, 2021 @02:05AM (#27627620)
You have to register your business page. It's not automatic. I believe op here meant a Google business listing which was created by the owner explicitly, but not updated.
Re:Google turned me into a serial killer by Piskvorrr on Friday June 25, 2021 @06:51AM (#27629135)
It's not? Interesting. Literally hundreds of business listings popped up in Google Maps overnight, a few months ago, which appear very much scraped out of some registry - name, category, address, nothing else. Similarly with the """"place names"""" that seem to be based on people's personal remarks, and about as inaccurate.
Re:Google turned me into a serial killer by viraptor on Friday June 25, 2021 @08:20AM (#27629822)
Google map entries are connected to, but not the same as business entries. https://www.google.com.au/business/

Once you claim your business location, most submitted changes should come to you for review. (There may be exceptions, I'm not an expert here)