New TOS policy for SABs

[keyserholiday]

Google has updated its policy regarding the eligibility for age-restriction SABs. You can't have a SAB if you have to be a certain age to purchase a product. Weed delivery SABs no longer qualify for GBPs.

 

[Colan Nielsen]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[keyserholiday]

Thanks for sharing!

Do we think Google will conduct a sweep or wait for the GBPs to be reported?

 

[ElizabethRule]

Do we think Google will conduct a sweep or wait for the GBPs to be reported?

I'm sure they have some system in place to spot check, but based on a search I did for "weed deliver store" that produced 4 SABs on page 1, I assume a lot of the burden to enforce this will be left to people willing to report listings.

 

[keyserholiday]

I'm sure they have some system in place to spot check, but based on a search I did for "weed deliver store" that produced 4 SABs on page 1, I assume a lot of the burden to enforce this will be left to people willing to report listings.

I reported 32 SABs over the weekend. I shared this with a buddy of mine who works in this space; he is going to have a field day.

 

[keyserholiday]

I'm sure they have some system in place to spot check, but based on a search I did for "weed deliver store" that produced 4 SABs on page 1, I assume a lot of the burden to enforce this will be left to people willing to report listings.

I am not even shocked that the redressing of these new TOS-violating GBPs was not actioned. The question is, is the team that bad or unaware of the new update?

 

[Tim Colling]

I am not even shocked that the redressing of these new TOS-violating GBPs was not actioned. The question is, is the team that bad or unaware of the new update?

Nothing that Google does, or fails to do, based on indifference to the needs of others, surprises me. This has been the case for a while and it is not getting better.