Illegal Life Pro Tip: Want to ruin your competitors business?

Re:Illegal Life Pro Tip: Want to ruin your competitors busin... by orangetexter on Sunday July 02, 2023 @10:32PM (#36568029)

I encountered the same problem recently. My family member’s business changed location. Updating the Google maps listing caused Google to flag it for not following guidelines and weeks passed with the listing being “under review”.

The solution that ended up working for me was to start paying a few dollars a day for Adwords. For some reason that cleared the issue up the next day. Then, I turned AdWords down to a few bucks a week and then later off entirely.

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Re:Illegal Life Pro Tip: Want to ruin your competitors busin... by wil421 on Sunday July 02, 2023 @10:36PM (#36568055)

> The solution that ended up working for me was to start paying a few dollars a day for Adwords. For some reason that cleared the issue up the next day.

Yes, for some reason it cleared up after spending money. I really hope it’s not the norm. Sounds like extortion to me.

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Re:Illegal Life Pro Tip: Want to ruin your competitors busin... by kaliqt on Monday July 03, 2023 @06:48AM (#36571162)

Can confirm. This works in more places than one, Reddit too. Reason? When you're a paying customer, you get routed to elevated support staff. They have a higher incentive to help you fix the problem and fast.

I don't hate it, I appreciate it. Better than having no easy recourse. Because I bet if everyone were treated equally, it'd be shitty service for all. Better to toss in a few bucks if it's valuable and get the support (and some ads run).

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Re:Illegal Life Pro Tip: Want to ruin your competitors busin... by JohnFen on Monday July 03, 2023 @01:07PM (#36575879)

> I don't hate it, I appreciate it.

Since that amounts to a kind of extortion, I can't see how it would do anything but make me furious.

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