I am finding a lot of out dated information on Google & on maps related to old political shops that were set up & now abandoned since the politician is no longer a representative. We’ve even had people telling us in Georgia that Jack Kingston is still representing us, even tho he doesn’t have a seat any longer. It’s very confusing! Is there a way to report political business & phone numbers that no longer work, & they are no longer representative, as a whole, for removal from Google Maps, since it’s very misleading & confusing to the local voting population when trying to get ahold of politicians?
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Hello @TeJeWi
If the business was closed permanently then you can report to google by suggest an edit on google maps, please follow the steps:
- Open Google Mapsand make sure you’re signed in
- Search for an address.
- Click Suggest an edit.
- Place is permanently closed or has never existed mark YES
- Select from the Reason Permanently Closed
- Click Submit
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I’m glad they put place is permanently closed or never existed as an option because it’s my understanding a lot of business are using old buildings for the purposes of SEO on maps, but they never opened to the public! They are setting up shop, then leaving town, because there are some tax incentives available to them in Georgia. Using a building for SEO is free advertising on Google maps, which pads & artificially inflates some entities who have a lot of rental property! I’m sure they have such great integrity they would never use college kids or interns to perform these tasks!
Will this work for rental houses too? In my neighborhood, there are people who are putting up business names in rental houses, yet there are no signs out front that you could buy something! One of them is selling Lactation Cookies, which I am pretty sure is a joke & intended to be funny or maybe not, because they could be bull seaman lactation cookies!