Google's new tool to remove fake products from search results is an inefficient headache for users flagging violations | Business Insider
 

Google’s new tool to remove fake products from search results is an inefficient headache for users flagging violations | Business Insider

  • In a report last year, Incopro found that for certain searches, up to 60% of first-page Google results were directing users to websites selling counterfeit products.
  • In June, Google introduced a way for users to report counterfeit products online.
  • But a consumer brand protection group says the tool is ‘extremely problematic’ as it demands brands report each product URL individually.
  • That could lead to brands having to submit thousands of individual URLs, the company says. Now it’s lobbying Google to change its policy.

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