Competitors Falsely 'Close' Business on Google Places

In recent months, plenty of perfectly healthy businesses across the country have expired — sometimes for hours, other times for weeks — though only in the online realm cataloged and curated by Google. Search engine consultants say that “closing” a business on Google has become an increasingly common tactic among unscrupulous competitors.

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