Comments on: Google Maps Data Quality: Where do we stand after the Locksmith Onslaught? http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/04/27/google-maps-data-quality-where-do-we-stand-after-the-locksmith-onslaught/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:02:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: aimClear’s 2009 Daily Training Link Library » aimClear Search Marketing Blog http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/04/27/google-maps-data-quality-where-do-we-stand-after-the-locksmith-onslaught/comment-page-1/#comment-452836 aimClear’s 2009 Daily Training Link Library » aimClear Search Marketing Blog Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:37:21 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=3107#comment-452836 [...] Google Maps Data Quality: Where do we stand after the Locksmith Onslaught?, Mike Blumenthal [...] [...] Google Maps Data Quality: Where do we stand after the Locksmith Onslaught?, Mike Blumenthal [...]

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/04/27/google-maps-data-quality-where-do-we-stand-after-the-locksmith-onslaught/comment-page-1/#comment-433599 Mike Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:55:00 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=3107#comment-433599 @Aaron Yes it is still a problem @Aaron
Yes it is still a problem

]]> By: Aaron http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/04/27/google-maps-data-quality-where-do-we-stand-after-the-locksmith-onslaught/comment-page-1/#comment-433595 Aaron Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:27:42 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=3107#comment-433595 Is this still a problem now? Is this still a problem now?

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/04/27/google-maps-data-quality-where-do-we-stand-after-the-locksmith-onslaught/comment-page-1/#comment-417659 Mike Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:47:41 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=3107#comment-417659 Google still is having problems Google still is having problems

]]> By: Keegan http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/04/27/google-maps-data-quality-where-do-we-stand-after-the-locksmith-onslaught/comment-page-1/#comment-417658 Keegan Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:39:46 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=3107#comment-417658 I don't think I've seen this kind of spamming. I didn't even know you could do it. I would think that Google wouldn't have any trouble stopping this. I'm sure its been fixed by now. I don’t think I’ve seen this kind of spamming. I didn’t even know you could do it. I would think that Google wouldn’t have any trouble stopping this. I’m sure its been fixed by now.

]]> By: Google Maps Locksmith Spam Creeping into Canada (Toronto) | Stever.ca http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/04/27/google-maps-data-quality-where-do-we-stand-after-the-locksmith-onslaught/comment-page-1/#comment-382401 Google Maps Locksmith Spam Creeping into Canada (Toronto) | Stever.ca Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:16:10 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=3107#comment-382401 [...] Blumenthal has plenty of posts about it and has been a pretty loud voice for some serious quality control in Google Maps. Those posts, as [...] [...] Blumenthal has plenty of posts about it and has been a pretty loud voice for some serious quality control in Google Maps. Those posts, as [...]

]]> By: New York City Locksmiths - A Map Spammer’s Guide | Local SEO Guide http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/04/27/google-maps-data-quality-where-do-we-stand-after-the-locksmith-onslaught/comment-page-1/#comment-382207 New York City Locksmiths - A Map Spammer’s Guide | Local SEO Guide Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:23:09 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=3107#comment-382207 [...] Blumenthal has written extensively about how locksmith spam has taken over Google Maps.  If they gave out Pulitzers for search bloggers, Mike would surely be [...] [...] Blumenthal has written extensively about how locksmith spam has taken over Google Maps.  If they gave out Pulitzers for search bloggers, Mike would surely be [...]

]]> By: Mike http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/04/27/google-maps-data-quality-where-do-we-stand-after-the-locksmith-onslaught/comment-page-1/#comment-381466 Mike Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:23:36 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=3107#comment-381466 HAL, I mean Maps, has gotten very complicated. I wonder, like you why a simple business record is so hard to keep straight. A business record as normally defined is a finite editable thing but apparently not in Google's world. HAL, I mean Maps, has gotten very complicated. I wonder, like you why a simple business record is so hard to keep straight. A business record as normally defined is a finite editable thing but apparently not in Google’s world.

]]> By: DavidW http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/04/27/google-maps-data-quality-where-do-we-stand-after-the-locksmith-onslaught/comment-page-1/#comment-381465 DavidW Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:11:02 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=3107#comment-381465 Though I think it is essential for Google to clean up the mess, I tend to wonder how easy that is to do now that they let it become such a problem. I also, don't know about others here, but I certainly saw cases of hijackings that occurred after their claims that they had stopped it. Again, I don't think it's that easy for them to do. Remember how they claimed to have come up with an algorithm for the Google Bomb problem back when Bush was miserable failure, but as soon as Obama was in office he was Google bombed. Apparently their algorithm to deal with the problem wasn't that sophisticated. I sometimes think Google is a lot like the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz and they don't want anyone looking behind the curtain because what they claim to be capable of and what they are capable of are two very different things. Though I think it is essential for Google to clean up the mess, I tend to wonder how easy that is to do now that they let it become such a problem.

I also, don’t know about others here, but I certainly saw cases of hijackings that occurred after their claims that they had stopped it. Again, I don’t think it’s that easy for them to do.

Remember how they claimed to have come up with an algorithm for the Google Bomb problem back when Bush was miserable failure, but as soon as Obama was in office he was Google bombed. Apparently their algorithm to deal with the problem wasn’t that sophisticated.

I sometimes think Google is a lot like the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz and they don’t want anyone looking behind the curtain because what they claim to be capable of and what they are capable of are two very different things.

]]> By: SEO Igloo Blog » Google’s Dirty Maps Need A Good Spring Cleaning http://blumenthals.com/blog/2009/04/27/google-maps-data-quality-where-do-we-stand-after-the-locksmith-onslaught/comment-page-1/#comment-381103 SEO Igloo Blog » Google’s Dirty Maps Need A Good Spring Cleaning Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:13:35 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=3107#comment-381103 [...] aging and, I’m sorry to say, neglect. As Mike Blumenthal’s most recent article on the gunk and debris in Google Maps illuminates, it is to be feared that our Google has become that distasteful thing Mother warned you [...] [...] aging and, I’m sorry to say, neglect. As Mike Blumenthal’s most recent article on the gunk and debris in Google Maps illuminates, it is to be feared that our Google has become that distasteful thing Mother warned you [...]

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