Comments on: Google Maps: More Bulk Upload Mapspam or bad data from a Trusted Source http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/05/06/google-maps-more-bulk-upload-mapspam-or-bad-data-from-a-trusted-source/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:56:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Google Maps: Earthlink Listings now gone | Developing Knowledge about Local Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/05/06/google-maps-more-bulk-upload-mapspam-or-bad-data-from-a-trusted-source/#comment-233259 Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Google Maps: Earthlink Listings now gone | Developing Knowledge about Local Search Thu, 08 May 2008 19:07:36 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=646#comment-233259 [...] May 6th Imnotadoctor.com noted that Earthlink had made quite a mapspam splash. In Google Maps: More Bulk Upload Mapspam or bad data from a Trusted Source. I questioned the source of the many listings, theorizing that it came not from a bulk upload but [...] [...] May 6th Imnotadoctor.com noted that Earthlink had made quite a mapspam splash. In Google Maps: More Bulk Upload Mapspam or bad data from a Trusted Source. I questioned the source of the many listings, theorizing that it came not from a bulk upload but [...]

]]> By: MiriamEllis http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/05/06/google-maps-more-bulk-upload-mapspam-or-bad-data-from-a-trusted-source/#comment-232648 MiriamEllis Wed, 07 May 2008 06:24:20 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=646#comment-232648 Hmm, I really hope Steve will come back and let us know if his meeting with Google yields any answers. That is really frustrating 10-pack. Hardly the most relevant results one is hoping for. Good spot, Mike. Miriam Hmm, I really hope Steve will come back and let us know if his meeting with Google yields any answers. That is really frustrating 10-pack. Hardly the most relevant results one is hoping for. Good spot, Mike.
Miriam

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/05/06/google-maps-more-bulk-upload-mapspam-or-bad-data-from-a-trusted-source/#comment-232552 Mike Blumenthal Wed, 07 May 2008 00:29:06 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=646#comment-232552 Steve- That is interesting. Could you send me a sample Privately?) of a record that you submitted? Mike Steve-

That is interesting. Could you send me a sample Privately?) of a record that you submitted?

Mike

]]> By: Steve Espinosa http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/05/06/google-maps-more-bulk-upload-mapspam-or-bad-data-from-a-trusted-source/#comment-232462 Steve Espinosa Tue, 06 May 2008 21:30:11 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=646#comment-232462 All I know is when we send in our feed it says provided by business owner. That may be different from source to source, you could reason that when they scrape or take feeds from companies like mine or superpages that technically it is provided by the business owner because they provided it to us and we sent it to google. I am visiting Google next week and will bring this up. All I know is when we send in our feed it says provided by business owner. That may be different from source to source, you could reason that when they scrape or take feeds from companies like mine or superpages that technically it is provided by the business owner because they provided it to us and we sent it to google. I am visiting Google next week and will bring this up.

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/05/06/google-maps-more-bulk-upload-mapspam-or-bad-data-from-a-trusted-source/#comment-232431 Mike Blumenthal Tue, 06 May 2008 20:37:54 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=646#comment-232431 It is not clear to me that they scraped the data. The reason I don't think it was scraped was, at least in the case of Big Local, there was no such data on their website. Do you think it was scraped from some other provider like SuperPages? I couldn't find it there either. That is why I suspect some sort of feed. Only Google's programmer knows for sure. Would love to be a fly on the wall. Mike It is not clear to me that they scraped the data. The reason I don’t think it was scraped was, at least in the case of Big Local, there was no such data on their website.

Do you think it was scraped from some other provider like SuperPages? I couldn’t find it there either. That is why I suspect some sort of feed.

Only Google’s programmer knows for sure. Would love to be a fly on the wall.

Mike

]]> By: Steve Espinosa http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/05/06/google-maps-more-bulk-upload-mapspam-or-bad-data-from-a-trusted-source/#comment-232430 Steve Espinosa Tue, 06 May 2008 20:30:24 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=646#comment-232430 Mike, You are right on target. My research concludes the same. If they have have the "More from blah.com" that is a for sure sign they just scraped that the data. I have seen this happening when they scrape our local listings, the listing then has provided by business owner and the "more from blah.com" Mike,
You are right on target. My research concludes the same. If they have have the “More from blah.com” that is a for sure sign they just scraped that the data.

I have seen this happening when they scrape our local listings, the listing then has provided by business owner and the “more from blah.com”

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