Popular POI Map Page Removed - Possible Spam Activity

Dear Friends,

Recently I found out that a popular 5-star hotel’s Google Map Page has been removed from Maps which is definitely a spam activity as the hotel is still running and bookings going on according to their official website.

Link to Google Map Page: Pride Plaza Hotel

Link to the official website of the hotel: Pride Plaza Hotel Kolkata - A 5 Star Hotel in Rajarhat

@MortenCopenhagen tagging you for further input about this issue.

Please Note: I have also escalated this issue at developers board.

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Hi @DibyayanC

Would you be able to search for and find the link to the missing pin in your emails or contribution lists?

Is this the one? https://maps.app.goo.gl/QpRARjZuNsXRBJoo8

Cheers

Morten

@DibyayanC

Thanks for mentioning you also asked for help on this on the Maps Support Forum.

Cheers

Morten

Hi @MortenCopenhagen

Yes I have seen that link. Some LG has made a separate page without reporting it to the forum.

See this screenshot here, hoth the pages are visible and the bottom one is the original.

Also, I think the issue occurred recently in last one or two weeks. The oldest review is just a week old.

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Share the link, to the original pin, if you have it, please, @DibyayanC

The one you shared in your first post takes me nowhere.

Cheers

Morten

@MortenCopenhagen

The POI page has been removed. That’s why the link is going nowhere. I don’t have any other link.

@DibyayanC

The initial link you shared:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Joeq5rZpcZRFFVFy8

https://www.google.com/maps/place//@56.0816281,12.4244744,12z

Where did you find it?

Maybe you can share the original link showing the place ID in the link. This will make it easier to recreate the pin. So please answer my questions.

Cheers

Morten

@MortenCopenhagen

This is the link you shared: https://maps.app.goo.gl/BAWPgFqS55hHM9cq7

Which is the newly made page. In the Android app if you minimize the page you’ll see the original POI at the bottom (see the screenshot), then just click on that POI.

@DibyayanC

Will you be able to dig up an old email you recieved after making an edit to the place? Or maybe you can find this link in your photo contribution list.

The link should look like this:

https://notifications.google.com/g/p/ANiao5q91H4YiDMQdtPd4WDEuvEx-6PiYKKbB9lUQO7igAoI52fbKHNutq4T38HhqCj6BJod96_PIuKDOnxDjb9KFd-OfmMxOv-XxfGeqUpIs8xcmIepMRuOkTvZNkejBKlLbXTaRzofiFq7_Um8lVlTgT4qhJlNbQna_Fi3-1p9A7rU-q_v1XQyMM95Ky85GevM-ppGPGZPeJxOpd3d_jIKpx0Cbd_p3cUXPLQyg4UDloV6ThH1tsutSTwHJ2fTBeZPC5ripDPhpj5jfNBvzfMPIBlAQU_Ir6HwQzpli_jGtDlBG5PiCPcqjmcanNY0i4yD

In here is a Place ID that Google staff can use to recover the pin.

Short pins links like https://goo.gl/maps/tgWieGYbDLz7pSZs7 do not contain the place ID.

Please us a desktop to copy the full link if you have access to it.

It is okay if you don’t have it.

This is not related to the newly created replacement pin.

Cheers

Morten

@MortenCopenhagen

No, I didn’t make any edits to that page. I don’t have any links like you mentioned.

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Thank you so much, @DibyayanC

I just checked that no one is currently trying to help you with this in the Maps Support Forum, so I will tag @DeniGu to kindly take a look and escalate as you see fit.

Cheers

Morten

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@MortenCopenhagen

Thanks for your help :slightly_smiling_face:

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@MortenCopenhagen

Here is another one: Suri Ghat Trishakti Club Pratima Bhasan Ghat

Page has been removed two days ago.

Last week I visited to this place and added four photos.

Hi @DibyayanC ,

Thank you for reporting. We will escalate these missing locations, however, please keep in mind that we cannot respond to every missing place request due to resourcing. We prioritize prominent locations, such as famous sights, culturally important places, and similar.

If you notice a business missing from Google Maps - like the hotel - it’s best to first contact the business owner and tell them about it. The owner can then decide on the next step: if they are enrolled in the Google Business Profile program, they can quickly report their missing listing. If they’re not enrolled yet, they can choose to add their business again and claim it.

For other missing places, you can either add them or send feedback in Google Maps to describe the issue.

Thank you for your understanding.

And thank you for the tag, @MortenCopenhagen .

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@DeniGu

@MortenCopenhagen

The map page has been restored.

I hope soon it’ll display the total number of reviews and ratings on the page.

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@MortenCopenhagen @DeniGu

Hi,

Found another one just now.

Balutot Tourism Property (WBTDCL)

The page has been removed. Later, someone recreated.

Here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Balutot+tourism+property,+NH-117,PO-LAXMIPUR+PABARTAK+,FRESERGANJ+COASTAL,+BLOCK,+NAMKHANA,+Bakkhali,+West+Bengal+743357/@21.5618658,88.2665782,15z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x3a03a3006930a641:0x14cfaaa05960e36e!8m2!3d21.5614087!4d88.2679097!16s%2Fg%2F11y2kn9tvg

@MortenCopenhagen @DeniGu

The POI is a popular resort operated by West Bengal government (a state from Eastern part of India).

The original page has more than 1,000 reviews last time I checked before the removal. The new page has just 84 reviews as of today.

Thanks for reporting this. @DeniGu has the power to escalate this - I don’t.

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@MortenCopenhagen

The issue has been resolved (partially).

Both the pages have been merged to the old one with all the data (reviews, photos) from the newly created one.

@DeniGu Thanks :pray:

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@MortenCopenhagen @DeniGu

Update: December 7, 2024

The issue has been completely resolved. All the previous 1000+ reviews and photos have been successfully restored.

Thanks :pray:

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