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Re: Spammer Attack at Dhaka

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Re: Spammer Attack at Dhaka

@LucioV Yes !! we all realize this But nothing to do !!!! 

 

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Re: Spammer Attack at Dhaka

This problem is going Very odd as @LucioV Said !!!

I found another new POI Name Bashundhara City Shopping Complex.

What happening here ...???

Our all 4800+ Reviews and lots of  photo contributions Is still under that spam Business Rizvi International or see http://www.bashundhara-city.com/contact-us/

Its happening very sad with us ... 

And our National Stadium also vanished from maps , But why ???  

 

Please Quickly escalate these problem ,,,, 

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Re: Spammer Attack at Dhaka

Hello,

 

This sort of thing happens often, and it is likely not anything malicious.

 

Most cases I've seen were situations where there was a mall with a name like "South Hill Mall", and then a store within with a name like "Big Box Store".

 

The problem arises when the box store gets named "Big Box Store - South Hill Mall".  This is against the naming rules of not have descriptors, store codes or locations in the name; but happens frequently.  Now we have two POIs that both have "South Hill Mall" in the name.  To make it worse, these similar named places are located at the same place, and have either the same or a very similar address.  They might even have very similar retail shopping related categories.

 

All of this eventually triggers a merge, as either a person or an algorithms mistakes them as duplicates.  Once they are merged you can only see one POI, but the reviews and pictures for both will be attached and both names will be attached, though only one displays in Maps.  If both were GMB claimed now the single remaining POI will be "owned" by both sets of owners.

 

This would explain why when you search the mall you see the store; in reality it was probably a merged POI that represented both the store and the mall.

 

Once an inappropriate merge has occurred only Google can separate them.  Separating them normally takes time; a similar merger happened to a mall in my town and took over 1 year to get repaired even though I knew exactly what and how to report it.  Sometimes both POIs can be recovered, but sometimes they must create a new POI and then manually move all the data that belongs to the new POI over to it.

 

Thanks for reporting it rather than trying to fix it yourself; since the feature is likely an inappropriate merger there is nothing you could have done to fix it and getting it to Google's attention was the best thing.  Even if it turns out to be some other cause, it's best that Google looks since we no longer have the tools to confirm if it was a merge.

 

As for your question as to how to prevent such mergers in the future; the biggest thing we as mappers can do is to fix the name of features that have extra information in the names.  The name field should not have any extra data in it beyond just the name of the place.  In the case of a chain of stores, all locations should have the same name.  If you are ever unsure whether a name is appropriate feel free to make a post with the details so others can help you to analyze the name. 

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Re: Spammer Attack at Dhaka

Hi guys, thanks for noticing the differences.

 

As @Flash said this can happen quite often and most of the time is not malicious, just business owners not aware.

 

Regarding this POI, while investigating this issue we found a couple other issues that we need to fix it first so for now, please don't change anything related to this place so our staff can fix all the details.

 

Once we fix everything, I'll let you guys know.

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Re: Spammer Attack at Dhaka

@GusMoreira @Flash Thanks for your all Response,

We all waiting to see this problem solution. 

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Re: Spammer Attack at Dhaka

@GusMoreira  @TraciC and @Flash 

This problem is not solved yet !! our Thousands of Contributions are in a wrong location !!!

Is it not Correction-able for Local Guides team ?  

 

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Re: Spammer Attack at Dhaka

Hi @ShafiulB,

 

We're still working on the issue.

 

The original POI was create as an ATM, therefore we are maintaining the name but we arre working on transferring the reviews about the shopping center to the correct POI but we are still working on some bugs.

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Re: Spammer Attack at Bshumdhara City Shpping Complex, Dhaka

कैसे हम स्पैमर से हमारे नक्शे की रक्षा कर सकते हैं। ??? @TraciC @CorrieD

हमारे बांग्लादेशी स्थानीय गाइड से किसी भी विचार या राय - @MahabubH @MdMuhiburR  @SumaiyaZafrinC या @LucioV @GreggG @SampsonF

 

sir kuch spammer ph call kar k samal hotal tea shop hospital and etc  coad verfy karte h or aaram se listing ko canvert kar dete h aap unke revev p click karo to pata chalta h ki orignal mapping kaiya thi or kis parkar usko canvert kar diya gaia

 

kuch spammer plz see

https://www.google.co.in/maps/search/alfa+packers+and+movers+in+mumbai/@19.1885549,72.6805847,10z

 

https://www.google.co.in/search?q=packers+and+movers+in+mumbai&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gf...

 

https://www.google.co.in/maps/search/agarwal+packers+and+movers+in+mumbai/@19.1290446,72.6208465,10z

 

https://www.google.co.in/maps/search/packers+and+movers+in+all+mumbai/@18.9300083,72.9077012,10.75z

 

all mapping total woring total canvert listing hotal spa camest store  jus center  main kuch location pe main veryfy kaiya report ke but no responce plz see

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Re: Spammer Attack at Bshumdhara City Shpping Complex, Dhaka

ohhhhhhhhhhh verry good

 

 

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Re: Spammer Attack at Bshumdhara City Shpping Complex, Dhaka[ New ]
 

कैसे हम स्पैमर से हमारे नक्शे की रक्षा कर सकते हैं। ??? @TraciC @CorrieD

हमारे बांग्लादेशी स्थानीय गाइड से किसी भी विचार या राय - @MahabubH @MdMuhiburR  @SumaiyaZafrinC या @LucioV @GreggG @SampsonF

 

sir kuch spammer ph call kar k samal hotal tea shop hospital and etc  coad verfy karte h or aaram se listing ko canvert kar dete h aap unke revev p click karo to pata chalta h ki orignal mapping kaiya thi or kis parkar usko canvert kar diya gaia

 

kuch spammer plz see

https://www.google.co.in/maps/search/alfa+packers+and+movers+in+mumbai/@19.1885549,72.6805847,10z

 

https://www.google.co.in/search?q=packers+and+movers+in+mumbai&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gf...

 

https://www.google.co.in/maps/search/agarwal+packers+and+movers+in+mumbai/@19.1290446,72.6208465,10z

 

https://www.google.co.in/maps/search/packers+and+movers+in+all+mumbai/@18.9300083,72.9077012,10.75z

 

all mapping total woring total canvert listing hotal spa camest store  jus center  main kuch location pe main veryfy kaiya report ke but no responce plz see