Google Maps Updates Options For Reporting Business Photos

Aug 9, 2017 - 8:06 am 2 — by
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Google Local Business

This is a small update but Sergey Alakov documented that Google has updated the suggested reasons for reporting an inappropriate business photo. So when you report a photo you see in a Google Local result, Google has expanded those options from 6 options to 11.

Here is the before and after:

Previous list of reasons Current list of reasons
Wrong place
Poor image quality Poor quality photo
Pornography or explicit sexual content Sexually explicit / strongly suggestive
Hate speech or graphic violence Hate speech
Spam
Copyright content Copyright or other legal issues
Content is not relevant
Illegal activity
Harassment or bullying
Privacy concerns
Profane or obscene content
Promotion of regulated goods
Sergey also posted before and after screen shots.

Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

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