Google Maps – New abuses via Wikipedia landing pages?

I have received several reports from the locksmith industry (who else?) and elsewhere of a new “black hat” ranking tactic that seems to push listings to the top of the 7 Pack by using a Wikipedia webpage as the Map’s landing page. For example, the links on the search for Locksmith Toronto ON head off …

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Google Promoting Maps with 100,000 Favorite Places Posters

Google, which started their Favorite Places campaign in July by placing large statues in front of high profile businesses in major cities, is expanding the campaign by sending a Google Maps “We’re a Favorite place” poster to 100,000 of the “most sought out and researched businesses on on Google and Google Maps”. According to Google …

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