eli5: How can Google maps know many small and recent businesses’ locations so accurately?

Question

I’ve realised that most businesses (even small kiosks) are seen on Google maps. Where and how do they get that information?

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Answer 1

There are also companies like Yext that let a business manage all their public-facing brand info in that database, and then it syncs to all different kinds of search engines at once.