{ "standard": "FactUnion Standard v1", "checkedAt": "2026-10-21T07:30:22.508Z", "title": "Closed on Saturday, Sunday and Monday", "date": "2026-10-21", "facts": [ { "n": 1, "claim": "Wired reports that in early 2012 the Serbian Crown saw \"a sudden 75 percent drop off in customers on the weekend\".", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/hacking-google-maps/", "title": "How Google Maps manipulations destroy small businesses" } ], "verdict": "verified", "quote": true, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 2, "claim": "Bertagna told Wired that a regular customer phoned to ask: \"Why are you closed on Saturday, Sunday and Monday?\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/hacking-google-maps/", "title": "How Google Maps manipulations destroy small businesses" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/08/restaurant-owner-sues-google-over-maps-listing-sabotage", "title": "Restaurant owner sues Google over Maps listing 'sabotage'" }, { "url": "https://www.wired.com/2014/07/hacking-google-maps/", "title": "How Google Map Hackers Can Destroy a Business at Will" } ], "verdict": "verified", "quote": true, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 3, "claim": "Bertagna was forced to lay off some of his staff and shut the Serbian Crown in April 2013.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/hacking-google-maps/", "title": "How Google Maps manipulations destroy small businesses" }, { "url": "https://www.smartcompany.com.au/startupsmart/restaurant-owner-sues-google-claiming-incorrect-listing-killed-his-business-serbian-crown/", "title": "Restaurant owner sues Google claiming incorrect listing killed his business" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/08/restaurant-owner-sues-google-over-maps-listing-sabotage", "title": "Restaurant owner sues Google over Maps listing 'sabotage'" } ], "verdict": "corrected", "note": "Removed unsupported age 74 and \"nearly 40 years in the same location.\" Evidence supports the April 2013 closure and layoffs, not the age or tenure.", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 4, "claim": "Wired writes: \"His accountant phoned Google and in an attempt to change the listing, but got nowhere\".", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/hacking-google-maps/", "title": "How Google Maps manipulations destroy small businesses" }, { "url": "https://www.wired.com/2014/07/hacking-google-maps/", "title": "How Google Map Hackers Can Destroy a Business at Will" } ], "verdict": "verified", "quote": true, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 5, "claim": "Wired says the slump continued for months and that Bertagna learned of the wrong listing only later; no source gives the date the hours were changed or when he found out.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/hacking-google-maps/", "title": "How Google Maps manipulations destroy small businesses" }, { "url": "https://www.wired.com/2014/07/hacking-google-maps/", "title": "How Google Map Hackers Can Destroy a Business at Will" } ], "verdict": "verified", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 6, "claim": "The Serbian Crown was in Great Falls, Virginia, and Bertagna sued Google in federal court in Virginia over a Google Places listing that showed the restaurant closed on weekends.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/restaurant-blames-google-for-struggles-2014-7?op=1", "title": "Restaurant Blames Google for Struggles - Business Insider" }, { "url": "https://patch.com/virginia/mclean/serbian-crown-restaurant-victim-of-online-sabotage", "title": "Serbian Crown Restaurant: Victim of Online Sabotage?" } ], "verdict": "verified", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 7, "claim": "Bertagna hired an internet consultant who got back into the listing and changed the hours, but the customers did not return.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/restaurant-blames-google-for-struggles-2014-7?op=1", "title": "Restaurant Blames Google for Struggles - Business Insider" }, { "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/hacking-google-maps/", "title": "How Google Maps manipulations destroy small businesses" }, { "url": "https://www.wired.com/2014/07/hacking-google-maps/", "title": "How Google Map Hackers Can Destroy a Business at Will" } ], "verdict": "verified", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 8, "claim": "Eater reported (July 8, 2014) that Bertagna's lawyer believes \"a competing restaurant sabotaged the Google Places listing to drive away the Serbian Crown's customers\".", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.eater.com/2014/7/8/6191875/restaurant-owner-sues-google-over-maps-sabotage", "title": "Restaurant Owner Sues Google Over Maps Sabotage" } ], "verdict": "verified", "note": "Kept on a lower-weight source (eater.com); nothing we found says otherwise.", "quote": true, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 9, "claim": "A Google filing quoted by Eater said: \"The Serbian Crown should not be permitted to vex Google or this Court with such meritless claims\".", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.eater.com/2014/7/8/6191875/restaurant-owner-sues-google-over-maps-sabotage", "title": "Restaurant Owner Sues Google Over Maps Sabotage" }, { "url": "https://patch.com/virginia/mclean/serbian-crown-restaurant-victim-of-online-sabotage", "title": "Serbian Crown Restaurant: Victim of Online Sabotage?" }, { "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/restaurant-blames-google-for-struggles-2014-7?op=1", "title": "Restaurant Blames Google for Struggles - Business Insider" } ], "verdict": "verified", "quote": true, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 10, "claim": "The Guardian (July 8, 2014) noted that anyone with a Google+ account could submit changes to a Google+ Local page.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/08/restaurant-owner-sues-google-over-maps-listing-sabotage", "title": "Restaurant owner sues Google over Maps listing 'sabotage'" } ], "verdict": "verified", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 11, "claim": "Wired reports that in 2010 the Google listing of Barbara Oliver & Co Jewelry in Buffalo was changed to 'permanently closed' while fake negative reviews came in, and that the listing was later repaired.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/hacking-google-maps/", "title": "How Google Maps manipulations destroy small businesses" }, { "url": "https://www.wired.com/2014/07/hacking-google-maps/", "title": "How Google Map Hackers Can Destroy a Business at Will" } ], "verdict": "verified", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 12, "claim": "Consultant Mike Blumenthal told Wired that a small interior-design shop's phone number was changed through a community edit, which he traced to a competitor.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.wired.com/story/hacking-google-maps/", "title": "How Google Maps manipulations destroy small businesses" }, { "url": "https://www.wired.com/2014/07/hacking-google-maps/", "title": "How Google Map Hackers Can Destroy a Business at Will" } ], "verdict": "verified", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 13, "claim": "Sterling Sky notes that Local Guides can suggest edits affecting information such as hours, that not all suggested edits are applied, and that businesses cannot directly approve or reject them.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.sterlingsky.ca/category/maps-spam/", "title": "Maps Spam Archives" }, { "url": "https://www.sterlingsky.ca/7-little-known-things-about-google-local-guides-editing-listings-on-google-maps/", "title": "7 Little Known Things About Google Local Guides & Editing Listings on Google Maps" }, { "url": "https://www.sterlingsky.ca/blog/page/23/", "title": "Page 23 of 29 - Sterling Sky Inc" } ], "verdict": "verified", "note": "Kept on a lower-weight source (sterlingsky.ca); nothing we found says otherwise.", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 14, "claim": "Google's 2025 Maps safety report, as summarised by Search Engine Roundtable, says Google blocked 79 million inaccurate or unverified edits and removed over 13 million fake Business Profiles.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.seroundtable.com/google-maps-spam-fighting-2025-41176.html", "title": "Google Maps Blocked 292 Million Reviews & Removed 13 Million Fake Profiles" }, { "url": "https://ppc.land/google-maps-uses-gemini-to-stop-fake-edits-and-blocks-review-extortion-scams/", "title": "Google Maps uses Gemini to stop fake edits and blocks review extortion scams" }, { "url": "https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/maps/new-ways-were-protecting-businesses-on-maps/", "title": "New ways we’re protecting businesses on Maps" } ], "verdict": "verified", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 15, "claim": "The same report summary says Google blocked or removed over 292 million policy-violating reviews in 2025, up from 240 million in 2024.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.seroundtable.com/google-maps-spam-fighting-2025-41176.html", "title": "Google Maps Blocked 292 Million Reviews & Removed 13 Million Fake Profiles" }, { "url": "https://www.deliaakbari.com/blog/report-fake-google-business-listing", "title": "How to Report a Fake Google Business Listing" } ], "verdict": "verified", "note": "Kept on a lower-weight source (seroundtable.com); nothing we found says otherwise.", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 16, "claim": "Google's Ian Leader called its machine-learning filtering \"the first line of defense\" for Maps content, followed by human moderators and volunteer Local Guides who check business information.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009255165.006", "title": "Hacks, Fakes, and Hot Takes (Chapter 6) - Governing Misinformation in Everyday Knowledge Commons" } ], "verdict": "verified", "quote": true, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 17, "claim": "Whitespark reported that in late March 2020 Google auto-applied a 'Temporarily Closed' label to some businesses based on government sources, and that some owners got a 'marked as closed' alert after using Special Hours for closures.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://whitespark.ca/blog/keeping-gmb-accurate-during-covid19-pandemic/", "title": "Keeping Your GMB Listing Accurate & Updated During COVID-19 Pandemic" } ], "verdict": "verified", "note": "Kept on a lower-weight source (whitespark.ca); nothing we found says otherwise.", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 18, "claim": "Ozva Digital (Sept 15, 2026) writes: \"Anyone on Maps can use 'Suggest an edit' to report a place as closed; a few reports in a row and Google applies the label, sometimes at the hands of a competitor.\"", "sources": [ { "url": "https://ozvadigital.com/en/blog/google-says-my-business-is-permanently-closed-how-to-fix", "title": "Google Says My Business Is \"Permanently Closed\": Why It Happens and How to Fix It (2026)" } ], "verdict": "verified", "note": "Kept on a lower-weight source (ozvadigital.com); nothing we found says otherwise.", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 19, "claim": "Ozva Digital says a long-unanswered phone, a changed address, a listing untouched for months or an offline website can lead Google to treat a business as closed, and that a neglected listing can \"drop back to 'closed' on a single user suggestion\" (an agency account, not Google policy).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://ozvadigital.com/en/blog/google-says-my-business-is-permanently-closed-how-to-fix", "title": "Google Says My Business Is \"Permanently Closed\": Why It Happens and How to Fix It (2026)" } ], "verdict": "verified", "note": "Kept on a lower-weight source (ozvadigital.com); nothing we found says otherwise.", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 20, "claim": "Ozva Digital says that in its cases an owner with dashboard access saw the closed label disappear within a few hours to three days, while the 'Suggest an edit' route has no fixed timeline and no written reply from Google.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://ozvadigital.com/en/blog/google-says-my-business-is-permanently-closed-how-to-fix", "title": "Google Says My Business Is \"Permanently Closed\": Why It Happens and How to Fix It (2026)" } ], "verdict": "verified", "note": "Kept on a lower-weight source (ozvadigital.com); nothing we found says otherwise.", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 21, "claim": "Ozva Digital says creating a new listing instead of fixing the closed one makes a duplicate that doesn't carry over reviews, and that after a relocation the old listing can keep showing as closed.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://ozvadigital.com/en/blog/google-says-my-business-is-permanently-closed-how-to-fix", "title": "Google Says My Business Is \"Permanently Closed\": Why It Happens and How to Fix It (2026)" } ], "verdict": "verified", "note": "Kept on a lower-weight source (ozvadigital.com); nothing we found says otherwise.", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 22, "claim": "Wimi (March 17, 2026) warns that suggested edits from other users \"can come back\" after an owner fixes them and says there is no precise industry-wide dollar figure for the cost.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://getwimi.ai/blog/google-profile-says-closed", "title": "Google Says You're Closed (But You're Open)? Fix It" } ], "verdict": "verified", "note": "Kept on a lower-weight source (getwimi.ai); nothing we found says otherwise.", "quote": true, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 23, "claim": "Guard.io says that if multiple false reports say the same thing, \"even falsely, it can trigger changes to your profile without your approval\".", "sources": [ { "url": "https://guard.io/blog/google-business-profile-review-listing-scams", "title": "Google Business Profile Scams: What to Know" } ], "verdict": "verified", "quote": true, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 24, "claim": "Red Door Technologies lists the routes to a hijacked profile as account takeover, fraudulent suggested edits that get accepted, unclaimed listings and fake duplicate listings, and says a swapped phone number or 'permanently closed' label quietly turns customers away.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://reddoortechnologies.com/blog/google-business-profile-hijacked", "title": "Google Business Profile Hijacked: The Listing Scam That Steals Your Customers" } ], "verdict": "verified", "note": "Kept on a lower-weight source (reddoortechnologies.com); nothing we found says otherwise.", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 25, "claim": "Proof Reports describes listing hijacking in which a scammer gains edit access to a real business's listing and swaps in their own phone number while the name, reviews and address stay the same, and claims locksmith, garage-door and towing listings are hit at disproportionate rates without giving a figure.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://proofreports.com/blog/imposter-google-business-listings", "title": "Fake Google Maps Listings for Locksmiths and Towing" } ], "verdict": "verified", "note": "Kept on a lower-weight source (proofreports.com); nothing we found says otherwise.", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true }, { "n": 26, "claim": "A summary of Whitespark's 2026 local ranking-factors survey of 47 experts lists a business being marked permanently closed as the number-one negative factor.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.replyonthefly.com/blog/local-seo-ranking-factors", "title": "Reply to Google Reviews Automatically with AI" } ], "verdict": "verified", "note": "Kept on a lower-weight source (replyonthefly.com); nothing we found says otherwise.", "quote": false, "usedInEpisode": true } ], "removed": [ { "claim": "Google's Business Profile Help says anyone can suggest an edit to a profile they don't own or manage, and tells owners about their own edits: \"We review your changes before we update them live on your profile.\"", "reason": "We could not find these exact words on any source we read." } ], "audioCheck": { "lines": 204, "matched": 204 }, "corrections": [], "verify": { "method": "1.3", "llmMode": "testing", "models": { "summary": "claude-haiku-5-5", "extract": "claude-haiku-5-5", "consolidate": "claude-haiku-5-5", "query": "claude-haiku-5-5", "read": "claude-haiku-5-5", "read_second": "claude-sonnet-5-5", "compare": "claude-haiku-5-5", 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disagree about this." }, { "k": 35, "claim": "Lynqly builds a real app with bookings, orders and payments from a one-sentence description of a business.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: lynqly.com." }, { "k": 36, "claim": "Lynqly's first app version usually takes under half an hour to build.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: lynqly.com." }, { "k": 37, "claim": "Lynqly's first version of an app usually takes under half an hour to build.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: lynqly.com." }, { "k": 38, "claim": "Lynqly says a first version of an app it builds usually takes under half an hour.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: lynqly.com." }, { "k": 42, "claim": "Lynqly never charges more than the fixed-price quote for a build.", "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: lynqly.com." }, { "k": 43, "claim": "Lynqly offers a money-back guarantee if the app is not working.", "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: lynqly.com." }, { "k": 45, "claim": "Customer payments go directly into the business's own Stripe account and Lynqly never holds the money.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: lynqly.com." }, { "k": 46, "claim": "Customer payments through Lynqly go straight into the business's own Stripe account, and Lynqly never holds the money.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: lynqly.com." }, { "k": 48, "claim": "Stripe's usual card fee applies to payments taken through Lynqly.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: lynqly.com." }, { "k": 50, "claim": "A business can leave Lynqly whenever it wants, on every plan.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: lynqly.com." }, { "k": 51, "claim": "A business leaving Lynqly takes its code and data, and its customers keep their logins.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: lynqly.com." }, { "k": 66, "claim": "Nobody proved where the change to the Serbian Crown's Google listing came from.", "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: WIRED." }, { "k": 67, "claim": "Nobody proved where the change to the Serbian Crown listing came from.", "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: WIRED." }, { "k": 69, "claim": "Nobody has ever established that a competitor changed the Serbian Crown listing.", "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: WIRED." }, { "k": 70, "claim": "Nobody has established that a competitor caused the change to the Serbian Crown's Google listing.", "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: WIRED." }, { "k": 76, "claim": "A business cannot directly approve or reject suggested edits to its Google listing.", "reasonText": "Only lower-weight sources state this: localseocitationbuilder.com and 1 more." }, { "k": 77, "claim": "Google's Ian Leader said machine learning is the first step in deciding changes to Maps listings.", "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: Engadget." }, { "k": 78, "claim": "Google's Ian Leader said machine learning goes first in handling edits to Maps listings.", "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: Engadget." }, { "k": 79, "claim": "Ian Leader called machine learning the first line of defense for Maps listings.", "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: DOI resolver." }, { "k": 80, "claim": "Ian Leader called machine learning the first line of defense for Google Maps listings.", "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: DOI resolver." }, { "k": 81, "claim": "After machine learning, Google's review process uses human moderators and then volunteer Local Guides checking business information.", "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: DOI resolver." }, { "k": 82, "claim": "After machine learning, Google's review of Maps edits goes to human moderators, then to volunteer Local Guides checking business information.", "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: DOI resolver." }, { "k": 83, "claim": "Whitespark reported that in late March 2020 Google automatically applied a Temporarily Closed label to some businesses based on government sources.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: whitespark.ca." }, { "k": 84, "claim": "Whitespark reported that in late March 2020 Google auto-applied a Temporarily Closed label to some businesses based on government sources.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: whitespark.ca." }, { "k": 87, "claim": "Google's 2025 Maps safety report, as summarised by Search Engine Roundtable, says 79 million inaccurate or unverified edits were blocked in one year.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: seroundtable.com." }, { "k": 88, "claim": "Google's 2025 Maps safety report says it removed over 13 million fake business profiles.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: seroundtable.com." }, { "k": 91, "claim": "Dividing 79 million blocked edits over 365 days gives roughly 216,000 blocked edits per day.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: noticemesenpai.com." }, { "k": 92, "claim": "Seventy-nine million blocked edits spread over 365 days is roughly 216,000 blocked edits per day.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: noticemesenpai.com." }, { "k": 94, "claim": "Google's 2025 Maps safety report says over 292 million policy-violating reviews were blocked or removed in 2025.", "reasonText": "The fact holds, but the named source does not say it." }, { "k": 96, "claim": "Google said it blocked or removed over 240 million policy-violating reviews in 2024.", "reasonText": "The fact holds, but the named source does not say it." }, { "k": 100, "claim": "Ozva Digital writes that anyone on Maps can suggest an edit reporting a place as closed, and that after a few reports in a row Google applies the closed label.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: ozvadigital.com." }, { "k": 101, "claim": "Ozva Digital says anyone on Maps can suggest an edit reporting a place as closed.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: ozvadigital.com." }, { "k": 102, "claim": "Ozva Digital says a few closure reports in a row lead Google to apply the closed label.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: ozvadigital.com." }, { "k": 103, "claim": "Sterling Sky says not every suggested edit to a Google listing is accepted.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: sterlingsky.ca." }, { "k": 109, "claim": "Ozva Digital lists as triggers that can lead Google to treat a business as closed: unanswered phones, a changed address, a listing untouched for months, and a website that has gone offline.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: ozvadigital.com." }, { "k": 110, "claim": "Ozva lists as triggers a phone left unanswered for a long time, a changed address, a listing untouched for months, and a website that has gone offline.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: ozvadigital.com." }, { "k": 111, "claim": "Ozva Digital says any of those triggers can lead Google to treat a business as closed, and that a neglected listing can drop back to closed on a single user suggestion.", "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: ozvadigital.com." }, { "k": 112, "claim": "Ozva says any of those triggers can lead Google to treat a business as closed.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: ozvadigital.com." }, { "k": 113, "claim": "Ozva says a neglected listing can drop back to closed on a single user suggestion.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: ozvadigital.com." }, { "k": 114, "claim": "Ozva Digital says that if a business moves, the old listing can keep showing closed, that opening a fresh listing creates a duplicate, and that reviews do not move with the business.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: ozvadigital.com." }, { "k": 115, "claim": "Ozva says that if a business moves, the old Google listing can keep showing closed.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: ozvadigital.com." }, { "k": 116, "claim": "Ozva says opening a fresh listing instead of fixing the old one creates a duplicate listing.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: ozvadigital.com." }, { "k": 117, "claim": "Ozva says reviews do not transfer to a new listing when a business moves.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: ozvadigital.com." }, { "k": 118, "claim": "Whitespark reported in 2020 that some owners who used Special Hours to post their own closures then got an alert that they had been marked as closed.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: whitespark.ca." }, { "k": 119, "claim": "Whitespark reported in 2020 that some owners used Special Hours to post their own closures, then got an alert that they had been marked as closed.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: whitespark.ca." }, { "k": 123, "claim": "Proof Reports describes a hijacking method in which a scammer gets edit access and swaps in their own phone number while the name, reviews and address stay the same.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: proofreports.com." }, { "k": 125, "claim": "Red Door Technologies lists ways into a listing: account takeover, fake suggested edits that get accepted, unclaimed listings, and fake duplicates.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: reddoortechnologies.com." }, { "k": 126, "claim": "Red Door Technologies lists ways into a Google listing: account takeover, accepted fake suggested edits, unclaimed listings, and fake duplicates.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: reddoortechnologies.com." }, { "k": 127, "claim": "Red Door Technologies says a swapped number or a closed label turns customers away quietly, without complaints.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: reddoortechnologies.com." }, { "k": 129, "claim": "Proof Reports says locksmith, garage-door and towing listings are hit by hijacking or wrong listings at disproportionate rates.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: proofreports.com." }, { "k": 130, "claim": "Proof Reports says locksmith, garage-door and towing listings are hit at disproportionate rates.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: proofreports.com." }, { "k": 131, "claim": "Proof Reports gives no number for how disproportionate the rates are for locksmith, garage-door and towing listings.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: proofreports.com." }, { "k": 132, "claim": "Google said it blocked 79 million inaccurate or unverified edits.", "reasonText": "The fact holds, but the named source does not say it." }, { "k": 136, "claim": "Wimi writes that there is no precise industry-wide dollar figure for what wrong listings cost businesses.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: getwimi.ai." }, { "k": 137, "claim": "Wimi wrote in March that there is no precise industry-wide dollar figure for what wrong listings cost.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: getwimi.ai." }, { "k": 138, "claim": "Wimi says suggested edits from other users can come back after a business fixes them.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: getwimi.ai." }, { "k": 139, "claim": "Wimi says suggested edits from other users can come back after the owner fixes them.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: getwimi.ai." }, { "k": 140, "claim": "Wimi's words: suggested edits from other users can come back after you fix them.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: getwimi.ai." }, { "k": 142, "claim": "The Serbian Crown lost 75 percent of its weekend customers in early 2012.", "reasonText": "Reliable sources disagree about this." }, { "k": 144, "claim": "Whitespark's 2026 survey of 47 local search experts ranks being marked permanently closed as the number one negative factor for a listing.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: replyonthefly.com." }, { "k": 150, "claim": "Wired reports that the customer slump at the Serbian Crown had already gone on for months before the hours were fixed.", "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: WIRED." }, { "k": 154, "claim": "Sterling Sky says Local Guides edits can affect business hours on a Google listing, and that owners cannot directly approve or reject them.", "reasonText": "The fact holds, but the named source does not say it." }, { "k": 157, "claim": "Ozva says owners with dashboard access saw a closed label disappear within a few hours to three days.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: ozvadigital.com." }, { "k": 158, "claim": "Without dashboard access, a business using suggest an edit has no fixed timeline for a fix, and Google gives no written reply.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: ozvadigital.com." }, { "k": 159, "claim": "Google gives no written reply to edits submitted through suggest an edit.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: ozvadigital.com." }, { "k": 162, "claim": "The Serbian Crown had been open for nearly forty years at the same Great Falls, Virginia site before it closed.", "reasonText": "Sources only partly back this: Business Insider." }, { "k": 178, "claim": "Red Door lists unclaimed listings as one of the ways people get into business listings.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: reddoortechnologies.com." }, { "k": 179, "claim": "Red Door lists unclaimed business listings as one of the ways people can get into a listing.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: reddoortechnologies.com." }, { "k": 180, "claim": "Ozva says that with dashboard access, a label was cleared in hours to a few days, and that without dashboard access there is no timeline.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: ozvadigital.com." }, { "k": 183, "claim": "Ozva says a fresh Google listing creates a duplicate, and reviews do not transfer to it.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: ozvadigital.com." }, { "k": 187, "claim": "Wimi says wrong edits can come back after they have been fixed.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: getwimi.ai." }, { "k": 190, "claim": "Google reports that it blocked seventy-nine million edits.", "reasonText": "Only one source states this: maps-agent.com." } ] } } }