When some one visits somewhere on your Google maps it suppose to indicate that if you were there or not. I was never here not petco. Went would it show that I was?

I believe even if you are in the vicinity of a particular place maps assumes you visited the placeMostely due to that business being in that particular shopping center

What they all said. you could turn off the GPS on your phone which would eliminate that

If you were close, like at the center its in.