HOW GOOGLE MAPS QUIETLY ALLOCATES SURVIVAL ACROSS LONDON'S RESTAURANTS - AND HOW I BUILT A DASHBOARD TO SEE THROUGH IT

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Google Maps algorithms influence London's restaurant scene as it acts as a “market maker,” using prominence signals that create a cumulative advantage for some restaurants. This was done by scraping data from over 13,000 establishments and building a machine-learning model. To counter this, this dev developed a dashboard that identifies "underrated gems" by calculating the divergence between a restaurant's actual rating and its algorithmically predicted performance.