Google is starting to take fake reviews procured by certain businesses seriously. A new feature will showcase a warning on Google Maps when a business listing has recently had fake reviews removed.

10,000 fake listings removed from Google Maps. Update, March 21, 2025: This story has been updated with a statement from Halimah DeLaine Prado, Google General Counsel regarding the Google Maps scam ...

Google has launched a new report form in Google Maps to "report business conduct." Specifically, this form is to report businesses that offer incentives in exchange for reviews, or pressuring people ...

Google Maps is getting a bit of a refresh, especially if you own a business. The update does not show off a ton of new features, but there is at least one big update — a dedicated page for photos ...

Small businesses are crucial to our communities. This week, as we celebrate Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Week, we’ve compiled four Google Maps tips anyone can use to help small ...

Google is testing moving the "Ask" button to one of the main buttons on some Google local listings. I cannot replicate this but the Ask button in this example below comes right after the directions ...