Claimed business oweners - are the biggest maps spammers

[Cosmo]

@SergeySud I do hope that you are right about Russian Cyrillic. Concerning Croatian language, I am not sure that there are experts. Do you have some funny examples within Google Maps Photos?

[SergeySud]

@Cosmo I have billion funny and not funny examples within Google Maps Photos, is just out of topic. Herewith my topic about photos added by Google.  And I will make a new topic about user's activity (without personal information) 🙂 

[SergeySud]

Hi, @Rodrigo_P

Hopefully, you have seen this thread.

[EugeneKostylev]

1000% agree with @SergeySud, I have seen a lot of examples when business manager received access to venue listing via GMB then changed it name to whatever they want. as GMB never mention place naming guidelines on their interface or somehow prevent these edits.

[SergeySud]

Hi @Rodrigo_P,

One more big chain: https://www.google.ru/maps/search/Kassir.ru/@59.9301328,30.2760042,12z?hl=en

The rules said:

Including unnecessary information in your business name is not permitted, and could result in your listing being suspended. Refer to the specific examples below to determine what you can and can't include in your business name.

Your name must not include:

• Fully capitalized words (with the exception of acronyms).
• Website URLs, unless they reflect your business’s consistently used and recognized real world representation.

The real company's name (Russian) is Кассир Ру

I have already changed all the names about 3 times in to Kassir.Ru (This is a compromise name. Yes, it is similar to the website, but without CAPS). But the owner restore CAPS names again and again and again.

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One more chain: Вареничная №1

The real company's name

(Russian) Вареничная №1

(English) Varenichnaya N1

I have already changed all the names about 2 times. But the owner restore SPAM names  Вареничная №1: домашняя еда в Москве (means Varenychnaya N1: homemade cooking in Moscow)

[b2xphoto]

Thank you for sharing. In addition to being a LG, I'm also a local business owner. I'm also passionate about the information being accurate and the rules being followed. This misinformation hurts the experience for the customers. And I feel like as Google's algorithm gets smarter and smarter, keyword-stuffing will hurt the business owners themselves. I wish all business owners would understand that their best plan is: be accurate, be thorough.

[SergeySud]

Thank you @b2xphoto for your feedback. 

FYI, I'm a local Google My Business client too (I'm self employed specialist).

[EugeneKostylev]

Just look into this wonderful location that has been verified on GMB somehow: https://goo.gl/maps/Jr4AgHsP5K92

I'm just wondering, how were they possible to do it? And why the spam flag was not reviewed by the GMB team? As a result, my suggestion to remove it was automatically declined:

[EugeneKostylev]

Here is my relevant topic on the Idea Exchange board:

https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/All-Ideas/Edits-for-verified-lisings-should-be-manually-review...