B
Evidence Grade B
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70%
70% -- fake listings reduction rate for Google My Business (2015-2026)
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Value
70%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2015-2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
bernadettecoleman.com
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Tier B
http://bernadettecoleman.com/fake-google-business-listings/ ↗
Source Article
Google’s Mission to Eliminate Fake Google My Business Listings
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bernadettecoleman.com
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Methodology
Google partnership with University of California, San Diego study on fake listing removal
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Industrymarketing
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Google My Business: 70% fake listings reduction rate. Source: bernadettecoleman.com (2015-2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/fake-gmb-listings-drop-70
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