How to make users avoid using Google Maps as a personal address book?

Hey all

I can see that many common users use Google Maps to their benefit to add their own fake pins


Shared above is a screenshot of a location I was checking and found so many residency pins, e.g., Raghu’s Villa, Raghunatha Reddy Apartment, Thirumalesha Residency, chikkannamma devi building are all pins that users clearly add to take advantage of the Google Maps platform for their own benefit

And almost all are fake, e.g., Pooja Manjula is just a name, the same goes for RCB XOXO, which is a cricket team, and was added just to make their life easy

Adding these types of fake pins is useful for delivery app purposes, where they can search for these names and get their need satisfied

How can one combat issues like this to make Google Maps clean of unwanted pins, suggestions welcome

Adding private homes and fake places is never okay.

I would make sure they are not actually businesses with a strange name. And then go ahead and remove such places.

Learn more about cleaning the map here:

https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t/local-guides-clean-the-map-lgctm/271168

If you need more specific help, please share a few of the Maps links.