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LSA Gets More GBP Features, Google Maps Gets Cleanup, Yelp Sues Google Over Antitrust

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LSA Increasingly relying on GBP Features:

We delve into Google's ongoing “fixes” of LSA features, where reviews and booking tools for LSAs are being integrated from GBP. This move is seen as an attempt to streamline operations and reduce costs, especially in light of Google's recent staffing cuts as well as improve LSA’s ineffective review moderation. While operational efficiency might improve, Google’s tolerance of abuses in GBP means that the risk of review fraud in LSAs will persist.

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