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Over 170 million fake reviews were removed from Maps and Search thanks to Google's new algorithm (www.techspot.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Over 170 million fake reviews were removed from Maps and Search thanks to Google's new algorithm::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Okay cool. Now publish that stat on the businesses so I can see which ones are cool with lying to potential customers and avoid them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nooo, data protection yada-yada..

business partners' trust yada-yada..

ambiguity of responsability yada-yada..

No.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Seems like an easy response. Fake reviews are fraud and against the TOC. But then again you could fake reviews for a competitor and tank their rating.

Goodhart's law is a pain.