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Google My Business suspensions don’t seem to weaken a listing’s authority. Now, if a listing is verified via Google My Business, it’s extremely hard to get fake listings removed even if you’re a Level 10 Local Guide. Back when MapMaker was around, it had a lot more to do with the user and their trust level. Since we regularly report fake listings & spam on Google Maps, we often find that the ability to get a change published on a listing has very little to do with the person editing the listing and everything to do with the listing itself and how much Google trusts it. The likeliness of an edit publishing has more to do with the listing you’re editing than the user editing it.The thing that has the biggest impact on your trust is your edits and if they get published or not. This isn’t going to magically make me able to have all my edits publish on Google Maps. For example, I could rack up a ton of points leaving ratings for tons of businesses and reach a higher Local Guide level. Some of these things do contribute to your trust level in Google’s eyes, and some don’t. Local Guides points are based on several things. There is some truth to this but it needs to be clarified.

I’ll often see people brag about being a Level 7 or Level 8 Local Guide and say that it somehow gives them more power in Google’s eyes. Having a higher Local Guide level does not mean you’ll get more edits published.We often see that edits of this nature will either automatically decline or will go into a pending status. We have noticed over the years that it is increasingly difficult to remove a fake listing from Google Maps if it is owner-verified by simply suggesting an edit to the listing. It is definitely possible for a competitor to publish a malicious edit on your listing, but it is not easy. It’s not easy for a competitor to edit your Google My Business Listing.

Listings on Google Maps that are owner-verified are often referred to as Google My Business listings. As someone who has been involved in editing on Google Maps for over a decade, I thought it was time to put some of the most-common myths to rest by laying out things that we have found are not commonly known about how edits work to listings on Google Maps.įor clarity here, when we talk about Google Maps listings or Google My Business listings, these are essentially the same thing.