Google Maps LBC: Claimed Business Listings Still Being Hijacked?

In June of last year, reports started flowing into Google support groups about hijackings of claimed listings. In December, I communicated to Google a method by which “blackhat” locksmiths were hijacking business records previously claimed via the Local Business Center and which Google had posited as secure. Towards the end of January, Google notified me …

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Google PlusBox – Will Life Imitate Art(?)?

I have written often and critically of Google’s (mis)use of the PlusBox since it was introduced in December 2006: •Google and the PlusBox Blues •Google Plus Box – Where does the (wrong) data come from? •Change Your Address In The Google Plusbox In 5 Simple Steps •An Internet Change of Address Guide Last April 1, …

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