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  I literally counted one day while walking through the city to a store and back to the hotel, and it was 1 out of every 3 people I saw.
context: A few years ago I would contact trip advisor to correct significant errors, with proof, and found them to be utterly useless in doing anything.
  Up to that point I'd been a keen user with lots of reviews. I stopped bothering, and once Google maps started having reviews, I ditched trip advisor, I almost never use it. I just passed 2 million views on the photos I've put on g maps. >
  
  g maps is pretty good!! I got myself a google home with the discount I earned from uploading pictures/reviews. I know a few people got sent things in the post too >
  
  
  g maps is pretty good!!
  
  shrugs
  Resturant is being renovated and will be closed for the next three months..  Maps says open for business, my edit that it is "temporary closed" "couldn't be verified" so still shows as open..
  I gave up on Maps after that. >
  
  That would be on the business owner to verify the edit my dude. >
  
  Maps is very broken when a place closes down, a new business in it's place, and Google Maps won't remove the old business.. >
  
  I'm not a Google maps shill, was just letting you know that's not on Google, that's on the business owner. >
  
  Then what is the point of the 'Suggest an Edit' button?
  Looking at one store right now in Google Maps that closed in 2021 (national news), that says it opens at 10:00.
  Even shows "popular times" for the store, that doesn't exist.
  G Maps is just not a good resource..  It's directions are irritating..  In 2.4km "continue straight".  Business listings are unreliable. >
  
  I've had quite a few changes accepted by g maps, sometimes within minutes.
  It could be that you need to build your reputation? I imagine Google will look at people's suggestions and add or remove reputation scores to their accounts. >
  
  
  It could be that you need to build your reputation?
  
  By "suggesting an edit" in different places that reflect the real world?
  I will use their directions to an address if my other tools don't have the address, but as a resource, no, I've given up on it.  Too many times trying to get to place that doesn't exist, either old and the place is gone, or Google Maps doesn't have the place I want to get to (yet).  Not common, but has happened often enough that I stopped using it.
  Yesterday, giving a friend a ride to an appointment..  "I talked to them yesterday and made this appointment but Google Maps says they don't open until 3 hours after my appointment time"..  Eventually you just get used to it being wrong.. >
  
  Then it seems Google have failed you which is a pity. >
  
  The Shed in Dulwich was a similar fake restaurant in London in 2017. They really went all out with fake photographs of food which wasn't food and ended up getting reviews from random third parties. >
  
  I remember this, it was one of the funniest reads in my life, well worth it. The thing is, the Shed ended up serving food for one evening. So it wasn't an entirely fake restaurant in the end.
  But just goes to show how meaningless online rating systems are. Easily gamed. The same applies to the current culture of review bombing when eg. "gamers" get upset at a game or a company for some reason and give 0 star ratings en masse for something totally irrelevant to the thing being "reviewed". >
  
  Most of the residents never noticed. Montreal has more weird screaming talking to themselves people walking down the street than any other city in the world. I swear it's 30% of people on any given street. >
  
  I still think it's worse.