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"Local photos" Google+ Page Has Our Pictures

Aaron Wirtz

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Dec 14, 2012
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During our transition from Suzuki to Subaru of Wichita, I've discovered an oddity I wanted to share with the community. It's a Google+ page called "Local photos" and bears the Google Local icon, but it doesn't seem legit. Check it out here. Among the literally THOUSANDS of picture albums filled with other people's pictures, it has a bunch of our Suzuki pictures that I can't get removed from our Google+Local listing. Screen Shot 2013-04-17 at 5.01.47 PM.jpg
You can't get to the pictures from the profile page (linked above), so here's the link to them.

I've flagged our pictures in the hope that they'll be removed, but to no avail. What's going on here?
 

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Aaron Wirtz discovered a suspicious Google+ page called "Local photos" that contains thousands of photo albums, including images from his dealership's former Suzuki inventory that he cannot remove from his Google Local listing despite flagging them. The thread documents this unusual issue and Aaron's attempt to resolve it through Google's flagging system, while fellow forum members offer sympathy for the quirky problem. The key insight is that dealerships may encounter unauthorized aggregation of their photos on Google+ pages, with unclear mechanisms for removal.

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