Comments on: The mysterious hand of Google…. http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/08/05/the-mysterious-hand-of-google/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:11:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Search Engine Roundtable http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/08/05/the-mysterious-hand-of-google/#comment-65331 Search Engine Roundtable Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:02:15 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/08/05/the-mysterious-hand-of-google/#comment-65331 <strong>Google Maps Working on More Automated Local Spam Fighting Tool</strong> Mike Blumenthal has been vigilant about uncovering and reporting abuse of Google Maps's Local business submissions. In fact, in the past week or so, he has reported a couple of cases of Google Local abuse, where companies submitted hundreds or... Google Maps Working on More Automated Local Spam Fighting Tool

Mike Blumenthal has been vigilant about uncovering and reporting abuse of Google Maps’s Local business submissions. In fact, in the past week or so, he has reported a couple of cases of Google Local abuse, where companies submitted hundreds or…

]]> By: earlpearl http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/08/05/the-mysterious-hand-of-google/#comment-63986 earlpearl Sun, 05 Aug 2007 16:54:37 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2007/08/05/the-mysterious-hand-of-google/#comment-63986 I just came over to report and confirm what you saw. Moreover, previously an organic search for we buy houses w/ a town city name was creating a map insert in the organic listings. Now it doesn't. The we buy houses listings are not showing directly in G Maps or by way of a maps insert. Looks like fairly fast work after this issue went public, Mike. congrats on the expose. Dave I just came over to report and confirm what you saw. Moreover, previously an organic search for we buy houses w/ a town city name was creating a map insert in the organic listings. Now it doesn’t. The we buy houses listings are not showing directly in G Maps or by way of a maps insert.

Looks like fairly fast work after this issue went public, Mike.

congrats on the expose.

Dave

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