Google has released the spam metrics for 2023.
Some metrics:
– Google blocked/removed over 170 million policy violating reviews in 2023 (45% up)
– More than 12 million fake business profiles were removed/ blocked
– 14 million policy viloating videos in 2023
– Blocked over 2 million attempts to claim Business Profiles that did not belong to them (1 million more than last year)