Report a local guide for plagiarism

Sarah786 · August 24, 2019, 6:31am

Hi,

It is to inform you that I have noticed plagiarism among a few local guides. I saw one local guide just copy pasting my review of one of the the attractions in Delhi. I was astonished to see that. Also, I have seen a couple or more guides stealing lines and using them in their own review, not copy pasting all though. Is there a way to stop such activities?

Please let me know,

Thanking you,

deepakjhic · August 24, 2019, 8:16am

Hello @Sarah786 ,

I can tag @AngieYC to help you in this case.

Sarah786 · August 24, 2019, 8:51am

Thank you @deepakjhic . Since you have tagged the Google moderator, I am assuming that I don’t need to re-tag. Will tag in the near future if any issues come up.

NirmalTeja · August 24, 2019, 9:20am

Who is that local guide @Sarah786 …

AngieYC · August 26, 2019, 6:20am

Hello @Sarah786 ,

Thank you for reaching out and @deepakjhic for tagging me.

I will reached to you privately to assist you further about it. In addition to that, in the future if you find a review that you believe violates Google review policies, you can flag it for removal by following the steps provided in this article - Flag and fix inappropriate content.

In addition to that I am marking this reply as solution, so other Local Guides could refer to it.

deepakjhic · August 26, 2019, 7:54am

Hello @NirmalTeja ,

Due to privacy, we local guides are not allowed to share such info publicly.

Regards

Sarah786 · August 26, 2019, 9:39am

Hi @AngieYC

Thank you for the information. Will follow the policies and guidelines if I come across such issues in the future.

Regards,

Sarah786

Patrick_S · September 14, 2019, 12:41pm

Hi @AngieYC ,

Thanks for the solution. I have faced similar issue for few of my reviews on GMaps.

I’ve reported the same using option ‘Flag as inappropriate’ option. Further, gave my email ID and violation type (template page attached below).

So in order to stop plagiarism, that’s the only option available currently?

AngieYC · September 16, 2019, 6:54am

Hello @Patrick_S ,

Thank you for reaching out!

You’ve follow the right process by flagging reviews that violates the Google Review Policies and this is our official procedure for you to report it.

If you think there are reviews that really violates the Google Review Policies and need to be taken down as soon as possible, you can tag one of the Google Moderators and leave a comment on this post. We will then assist you further to resolved it.