Researchers have found numerous fake business listings in Google Maps for plumbers and hotels — apparent attempts to game search results and juice referral traffic. The king of digital cartography, Google Maps, doesn’t rely on far-flung contributors to the same extent as OpenStreetMaps. Article Continued BelowMuch of Google Maps’ data gathering, such as satellite images or traffic information, is automated. That’s an issue for business listings on Google Maps. In one stunt, he fooled Google Maps into believing his flower shop is home to both news network CNN and Trump Palace .

Source: thestar September 29, 2018 00:11 UTC