Google Merchant Center suddenly suspended for “Deceptive content” after removing Local Listings
I run an online-only perfume webshop, but Google somehow treated it as a physical store and required local inventory verification.
I disabled Free Local Listings, changed my Business Profile so customers can’t visit my address, and refreshed my feed.
Instead of fixing the issue, my Merchant Center account was suspended for “Deceptive content, even though my website has all the required policies and business information.
To make matters worse, I already have three reviews on Google maps. I asked customers to leave reviews either on trust, pilot or Google Maps and some people did on Google Maps. At this point, I had not integrated review add-on to the website, so I did not think that there was any harm for people to leave Google map reviews.
Can anyone help please 🙏🏽
Posted Jul 11, 2026, 1:12 PM UTC