Google introduced new restrictions on deep fake sexual content for Shopping ads. Google also updated its general content policy prohibiting promoting synthetic content that has been altered or generated to be sexually explicit or contain nudity Why we care. Google will issue a warning to advertisers if they violate this policy. Continued violations could result … Read more
Google has released its new Google Maps and local spam fighting numbers for the 2023 year, citing a big lift in reviews and other local fraud that was blocked. Google credited a new machine learning algorithm and its spam-fighting team for the improvements. You can see the previous years at 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019 … Read more
Google is harnessing new AI technology to block a surge of fake online reviews that mislead customers and harm local businesses. The company stopped over 170 million fake reviews in 2023 – a 45% increase over the previous year. The crackdown provides welcome relief for local business owners who have struggled with fraudulent reviews that … Read more
Google has a new review algorithm that the search company says it better anf faster at taking down fake reviews from local listings in Google Search and Google Maps. “In 2023, this new algorithm helped us take down 45% more fake reviews than the year before,” Google announced. Google receives a lot of contributions to … Read more
Here is a statue of a bear at the GooglePlex, the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. I am not sure where exactly the bear is and how old it is but it is there somewhere. I found this photo on Instagram. This post is part of our daily Search Photo of the Day column, … Read more
Google has made two updates to its prohibited and restricted content policy for Google Maps user-contributed content. The impacted sections are the fake engagement and personal information sections. Here is what was added. Under the fake engagement section, Google added this bullet: Content that has been posted using an emulator or other device tampering service, … Read more
August 2, 2017 | Posted by Mordy Oberstein It’s the one story that Google would like to shake, but can’t seem to, Fake News. In a way, it’s the story that may define this era of search. Fighting fake news encompasses the full spectrum of the meta issues that make search so complex. … Read more
Google had filed a lawsuit against a company that allegedly created fake Google Business Profiles and tons of fake reviews. Google said it filed the suit “to help put an end to these types of malicious schemes.” This company allegedly created 350 fraudulent Business Profiles and over 14,000 fake reviews to try to manipulate the … Read more
Google has filed a lawsuit to dissuade scammers from using Google Maps and Business Profiles to post fake businesses and fake reviews. Google said “bad actors posted more than 350 fraudulent Business Profiles and tried to bolster them with more than 14,000 fake reviews. The lawsuit. You can find the court document over here that … Read more
I don’t buy lots of clothing but if I had to shop somewhere, I bet I could find some good deals at this Google Men’s retail store. We have seen many examples over the years of stores, normally not in the US, using the Google logo. Here is one more, although this one seems old … Read more
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