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When small businesses show up on your Google map when you are navigating somewhere else...? (i.imgur.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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How do they do it and how much does someone pay to get their name/business to show up on Google maps when a random googler is navigating to an entirely unrelated destination?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Square icons are ads

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Is there any way of disabling them? They've been absolutely cluttering up my navigation lately.

I've tried switching to organic maps, but a lot of stuff won't show up in search.