You can point businesses to https://www.onosm.org/ <https://www.onosm.org/> which gives businesses an easy way to add themselves. It generates a note on OSM, that mappers can then turn into an actual node or whatever OSM type is relevant to add the information to the map in a responsible way. Martijn
> On Jan 30, 2019, at 1:22 PM, fors...@ozonline.com.au wrote: > > Hi, I'm thinking it might be worth emailing the businesses being advertised > and telling them that the SEO company that they engaged is making edits that > they might not want their business associates. > Tony > >> Concur. Be ruthless. These people are akin to nuisance callers and >> should be publicly flogged. >> >> Ian >> >> >> On 30/1/19 7:22 pm, nwastra wrote: >>> We seem to be getting a lot of business edits in this form lately with >>> only a name and description tag, often with address details or just spam >>> in the description tag. >>> As is usual with spam like business edits, they use a throw away email to >>> make the edit and you never get a response from any query. >>> https://overpass-api.de/achavi/?changeset=66761372 >>> I am in favour of deleting them as SEO spam. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Talk-au mailing list >>> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-au mailing list >> Talk-au@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >> >> _____________________________________________________ >> This mail has been virus scanned by Australia On Line >> see http://www.australiaonline.net.au/mailscanning > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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