Re: Google Maps fake business reviews

On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 23:56:07 -0000 (UTC), Retrograde
<fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

Similar, my spouse  went to look up a hotel I know and have used.  Not shown on
Google.  I went to Google, and it appeared.

I know some sites will attempt to suck a person in, despite not
knowing about a location, etc.

Somewhat analogous to phone book listings, years ago.


UPDATED: August 10, 2021

A ALPHABETICAL ADVANTAGE' HELPS BUSINESSES LISTED IN YELLOW PAGES

Are you willing to trust your business correspondence to a firm listed
in the telephone directory as "A AAA Aability Secretarial Service?"
Trust your car registration to the ungrammatical "A Attorney for DMV
Matters?" Open wide for someone listed anonymously as "A Business
Person's Dentist?"

There's no reason not to, unless you object to business operators
trying to get an alphabetical leg up on their competition.

"We've never conducted any studies on which listings get used the
most," said Bob Johnson, product manager of listing services for
Pacific Bell. "But if you look through the high-use categories of the
yellow pages, you'll find this phenomenon going on. Obviously,
businesses think there's some value there."

The English language takes a beating two ways because of the scramble
for phone-book position, the first of which is spelling. Orange
County, Calif., directories now include such proper names as
"Aaaaction," "Aaaamerican,”

”Aaaansafone” and ”Aapollo."

https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/11/08/a-alphabetical-advantage-helps-businesses-listed-in-yellow-pages/