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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 LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to c/google@lemmy.world
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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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[โ€“] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It makes me absolutely hate Google for this.

I typed in Indian food, and it doesn't show the one in my neighborhood with 200 five star reviews until I search for it by name or zoom in all the way.

How many other restaurants are getting fucked over?

[โ€“] arin@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

It's a pay to show thing, also probably tiers to be in higher levels that show like in op post