Wanted: Colombo assistants

For all of you that are hot on the trail of Mapspammers this post might help to speed things up : Hack Google (Maps) URLs for Quick Searching Basically, the multi-step process of going to Google [Maps], typing in an address, clicking submit, etc., can be avoided by just putting all your info directly into …

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Google Maps Unique Visitors up 51.57% Year over Year

Techcrunch has a good summary of the unique visitors to each of Google’s services comparing this November to last. It appears that Maps, by Comscore’s measurement, has 17% as many unique users as Google Web Search has. This % is significantly higher than last year. Greg Sterling has a good analysis of the numbers. However …

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When a number to call might help

From the goog411 Google Group http://groups.google.com/group/goog411?hl=en Today’s topics: =============================================== TOPIC: Help!!! http://groups.google.com/group/goog411/browse_thread/thread/90a13590c0cf0b10?hl=en ================================================ == 1 of 1 == Date: Sat, Dec 22 2007 4:43 pm From: Janu Goog411 has been sending me the same text message every 15 minutes for 2 hours now at 10 cents a message. This is the first time I have …

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Google Maps being used for Philly fraud update

Updated 12/23/07 Google has yet to remove this Mapspam. I have included additional spam details at the end of this post. Does anyone know the economics of having this many phone numbers? When searching on Philadelphia PA 19125 Locksmith but I found this response of intense interest: The reviewer Jack, has been busy tracking these …

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